Digital Health and Care Wales has opened a market engagement exercise around the product availability for an integrated care record to be used across NHS Wales.
DHCW aim to learn more information about the digital solutions that can help “to ensure that patients and citizens benefit from access to health and care information, regardless of where it is created or stored”, while also having the added value of providing data protection and information-sharing policies across health and care.
The estimated 10-year contract has not yet been finalised, with DHCW noting how they are still currently in the “investigatory stage”, which will reportedly help to inform their decision-making process. However, interested suppliers have been encouraged to complete a request for information form and email it to the organisation by 21 May 2025. Full details can be found here.
This follows another prior information notice shared by DHCW, which was posted back in January 2025 for the procurement of a National Intelligent Integrated Audit Solution. With a budget of up to £5 million, requirements for the solution included the ability to “monitor user access to the NHS Wales single patient record” and to be able to audit relevant national clinical applications and national repositories, flagging any “inappropriate access and use”.
Health tech updates from across Wales
As of the beginning of April, Care Inspectorate Wales launched an inspection rating system for care services to help “better understand the quality of care provided” and support informed decisions. The system evaluates four key areas: well-being; care and support; leadership and management; and the environment, rating them on whether the services provided are excellent, good, require improvement or require significant improvement.
The Welsh government recently awarded £17 million to Betti Cadwaladr and Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Boards, after their successful business cases for digitising mental health services patient record systems. The funding was given to support continuity of care for patients, speed up referrals, allow more time to care and help eliminate errors.
Earlier in the year, five projects across Northern Ireland and Wales were awarded a share of £1 million as part of the SBRI Cancer Challenge, for innovations with the potential to offer earlier and faster diagnosis, reduced waiting times and improved treatment for cancer patients.
