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East Kent Hospitals choose APTS [Aug 2006]East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust has recently ordered the latest APTS system to manage its patient transport service. EKH is the first NHS Trust to utilise the new Ordnance Survey MasterMap data which is supplied under a National NHS/OS service level agreement and used by APTS for journey planning, routing and geospatial reporting.
South Yorkshire Ambulance Service select APTS [Mar 2006]
South Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust has confirmed, within the last few days, that it has chosen Cleric's APTS system to replace its current PTS systems. Staff at CCS are extremely pleased with the news and look forward to working with the SYAS team.
North East Ambulance Service award EMS CAD to CCS [Mar 2006]
CCS is delighted to announce its success in tendering for the supply of a new Computer Aided Dispatch system for North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust. Cleric’s new RESPOND-2 system will replace existing EMS Dispatch systems at the Trust’s control centre in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. A spokesman for the Trust confirmed the news within the last few days and added “the system was chosen on performance, features and price”. Planned to be fully operational by October 2006, the system will include the latest dispatch technology and many new features.
East Midlands Ambulance Service choose APTS system [Feb 2006] Following rigorous tender procedures and months of speculation, East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust has recently confirmed that the contract to replace its PTS systems has been awarded to CCS. EMAS is one of the largest Ambulance Services in England covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire. Aimed at improving PTS service delivery through improved journey booking, planning and reporting, the new systems will replace the Trust's ageing UNIX facilities throughout the region. Staff at CCS are extremely pleased with the news and look forward to working with the EMAS team.
West Midlands Ambulance Service choose APTS system [Feb 2006] CCS has welcomed the decision by WMAS to replace the Trust’s existing PTS systems with APTS and PTS Online Services. The new systems include the latest Web based applications aimed at improving service delivery to customers through electronic journey booking and improved accessibility to information.
Essex Ambulance Service select latest APTS system [Feb 2006] As part of a modernisation program, Essex Ambulance Service is replacing its existing PTS systems. The start of this process was signalled recently when EAS confirmed that the Trust had chosen CCS to supply the latest APTS and PTS Online Services systems to replace its four existing UNIX systems. Naturally, CCS staff were delighted with the news. Implementation of the new systems commenced in February 2006 and will be fully operational in April 2006.
Integration of Health and Social Transport In a landmark project, Norfolk County Council and East Anglian Ambulance Service have successfully integrated Social Services client and Ambulance patient transport. It has always been recognised that there is much synergy between the two operations and in October last year the Ambulance Service and County Council decided to explore a more coordinated approach to transport.
The provision of transport is a complex process requiring effective technology to facilitate journey planning and administration. Under the pilot project, the IT technology used by EAAS is also supporting Social Services. Social workers responsible for booking client transport have access to the APTS system via PTS Online Services for booking client transport. The APTS provides the central IT facility for the receipt and storage of journey bookings, and is used to plan and schedule journeys to vehicles and provide costing and reporting. APTS enables multiple service types (health, social, school etc) to be handled on the same system.
The main benefits of the integrated service will be reduced costs through shared transport and system resources, improved journey planning and centralised call taking. Many of the projected benefits have already been achieved through the sharing of call centre and IT system resources. A Council spokesman confirmed that the success of the pilot project opened up the way for an extension of the scheme to other areas in East Anglia.
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