Strengthening decision-making by providing a single, detailed view of medical equipment assets across the NHS.
What is NETIS?
National Equipment Tracking and Inventory System (NETIS) consolidates multiple data sets to give a single, coherent view of medical assets across the NHS landscape.
This national view will enhance decision making at a national and local level, reducing costs and maximising service quality.
For further information please contact the NETIS project team at
NETIS
Benefits
Support with National Policy decision making
System reporting and analytics will enable our Government, and key NHS bodies* to make data-driven decisions on a national scale, whilst also supporting long term systemic change.
*NHS England, NHS Supply Chain, the Department for Health and Social Care, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.Patient Safety Response
NETIS can support wider NHS projects, such as the Digital Product Passport, alongside quickly identifying medical equipment that has been subject to field-safety notices.
Strategic Equipment Replacement
The enhanced view of medical assets, provided by NETIS, enables more strategic purchasing decisions to be made, releasing fund that can be invested in to new, and existing, technologies that improve patient pathways and deliver better outcomes.
Improved Management and Efficiency
Equipment fleets, including maintenance and service arrangements, can be managed more effectively by having detailed visibilty of asset data, including ‘end-of life’ date.
Enhanced Resilience
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted that a single view of assets, including product type and manufacturer, would not only support from a day-to-day resilience perspective, but also in the instance of a national pandemic response.
Engagement and Timelines
NHS Supply Chain are working in collaboration with the following stakeholders who are contributing valuable knowledge, data and insights to the project:
- Key government bodies
- Industry standard agencies
- NHS trusts
- Medical Equipment Management Software (MEMS) providers
- Equipment and Maintenance providers
April 2023 – March 2024
Deliver a Proof of Concept using existing data.
Complete
April 2024 – March 2025
Delivery of a live system that meets the requirements set out by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS Supply Chain.
In Progress
April 2025 Onwards
Deliver further system developments with an initial focus on Data Utilisation (throughput) and Asset Tracking.
In Development
Asset Data
NETIS will include asset data for the following category areas:
- Radiology (Fixed Equipment)
- Diagnostic Equipment (Including Endoscopy and Ultrasound)
- Medical Devices (Patient Monitors, Ventilators etc.)
For a full list of the areas covered, please contact the NETIS project team on the email provided below.
The equipment prioritised for inclusion when the system launches are:
- CT Scanners
- MRI Scanners
- Radiotherapy Systems
- Surgical Robots
Ventilators, Patient Monitors and X-Ray Machines are categories being progressed to include soon after.
Contact
For further information please contact the NETIS project team at
NETIS
How You Can Support
Please share you asset data with us, where possible, so that we can continue to increase the quantity and quality of NETIS data to drive more effective insights and analysis.