In response to the coronavirus scenario, NHS Procurement in Partnership (NHS PiP) has added COVID-19 and Chest/Lung categories to the Health and Social Care Apps Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) and are now seeking suitable suppliers.
The DPS Categories list will be ever evolving throughout its lifetime to ensure our customers are able to respond to current and emerging population health and/or social care needs. The addition of these new categories will support patients, clinicians, and non-clinical staff in the procurement of COVID-19 and Respiratory related condition health Apps.
The Dynamic Purchasing System will support trusts in delivering the NHS ‘Long Term Plan’ providing apps that give patients a greater role in their care plan and place them at the centre of everything we do. The adoption of apps has already proven to reduce GP visits, prevent costly trips into A&E, lower usage of prescription drugs and help to close the population health discrepancies delivering both direct and indirect savings and benefits.
Governance and safety assurance are fundamental to any procurement process, especially one that involves patient data, clinical safety and cybersecurity requirements. As a result, a partnership with ORCHA has been developed to ensure that suppliers through DPS will comply with strict and rigid rules around patient safety and data standards. All apps that apply to be included on the DPS will undergo an assessment by the organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps (ORCHA). Apps must score a minimum of 65% in the ORCHA usability and security review to be added to the DPS.
The purpose of this DPS is to provide the public sector with a mechanism to compliantly procure well-being and/or condition-specific Apps to meet health and/or social care needs; supporting patients, clinicians and non-clinical staff.
The DPS currently contains the following categories:
Mental Health
Diabetes
Heart/Blood Vessels
Child Health
Pregnancy
Brain / Nerves
Cancer
Healthy Living
Joints / Bone / Muscle
Medicines and Drugs
Covid-19 Support Solutions
Chest & Lung
The new categories and sub-categories included in the DPS are:
Covid-19 – Support Solutions
Chest / Lung
Sub-Category 12.1 – Asthma
Sub-Category 12.2 – Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Sub-Category 12.3 – Coughs
Sub-Category 12.4 – Chest Infection
Sub-Category 12.5 – Pulmonary Fibrosis
Sub-Category 12.6 – Hiccups
Sub-Category 12.7 – Bronchitis
Sub-Category 12.8 – Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Sub-Category 12.9 – Croup
Sub-Category 12.10 – Cystic Fibrosis
Once suppliers have been awarded to the DPS under the new categories, we will send out further communications.
If you would like further information on the Health and Social Care App DPS, please contact Ruth McColl: ruth.mccoll@eoecph.nhs.uk
