CCS Win Welsh Ambulance Services Contract
12 November 2007
Following a lengthy tender process and many months of investigation and research, the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust has awarded a contract to CCS for the supply of a National non-emergency patient transport system.
Currently, the Trust non-emergency patient care service handles around 6000 patient journeys each day using five disparate systems. Under the contract, all the current systems in Wales will be replaced by a single high availability system running the latest APTS and browser enabled patient transport software. In addition to providing the latest technology, implementation of the new system offers many benefits and opportunities. Service delivery, resource usage, staff cover, staff training, adoption of ‘best practice’ procedures, corporate reporting and support for the emergency service will be areas where the Trust expects to make significant improvements. The Trust see the new system as mission critical and fundamental to its plans for delivering quality transport services to patients and commissioners throughout Wales.