Equipment Procurement Managers

MTS Health has been working with the Trust for nearly 14 years.

This project involved the planning, specifying, procuring, installing and commissioning of all the non-medical equipment (£10m). The project is the largest PFI in Europe and involved 3 tower blocks of over 14 storeys each; with a total of 10,000 rooms to be equipped.

MTS completed this project on time and under budget, and it was opened by the Queen in 2012.

Catherine Holmes, Senior Project Manager of MTS had at times, up to four team members co-ordinating the procurement, logistics and installation of the furniture and equipment. This was a joint collaboration with the Trust Capital team.

Asset Audit

MTS Health has provided Equipment Advisory and Procurement Services to the Trust for over 14 years.

This role was to review all of the Trust’s assets at the Newham Hospital and Whipps Cross Hospital sites. MTS Health had a team working in tandem at each site and we logged and tagged each asset, creating a unique data base of equipment items. This information was to be used to evaluate the benefits of an in house or contracted out service.

Over 8,000 Assets were tagged.

Clinical Strategy and Equipment Planning

MTS Health has worked alongside the Sweett Group (retained by the Trust as Project Managers) for the past 2 years.

We have assisted in the development of a robust de-commissioning and commissioning plan of services for the newly built Maternity and A&E. Using E QUIP PM we scheduled out of all of the equipment and provided costs and advice to the procurement department, oversaw all the procurements, installations, and commissioning. MTS health completed an asset audit of items suitable to transfer and these were also migrated into the cost and planning programme.

The building was handed over on time and under budget.

Medical Device Management

MTS Health was initially appointed to undertake a review of all equipment related matters across the Trust. This Trust has a large geographical area covering 52 locations across Norfolk.

MTS is re-engineering the provision of medical equipment, its maintenance and the procurement of, as well as reviewing the cost effectiveness of current SLA’s with other companies. This is a whole service re-configuration to provide best practice and cost improvement.

We are developing a medical device management strategy to meet Trust’s strategic development requirements. The role is to also look at cost saving opportunities related to this.

MTS has also undertaken an asset survey of all the Trust’s existing assets.

This exciting project is also being pioneered by MTS for its PAS55 Asset Management strategies.

Medical Device Management

MTS Health has been appointed to review the Trust’s capital planning needs for medical equipment replacement.

Our work will identify areas that have reached their life cycle limit; the functionality of the current portfolio of equipment and any upgrades that are needed, costing equipment effectively; reviewing the contracts in place.

Medical Device Management

MTS Health has been appointed to provide an interim solution to the Trust for the management of the medial devices.

The focus has been undertaking a change management process, migrating the EBME department in to best practice operations; implementing a new asset management system. Benchmarking and evaluation of the current equipment management infrastructure and to develop a medical device management strategy to meet Trust’s strategic development requirements. The role is to also look at cost saving opportunities related to this.

The other role is to provide an evaluation of the Trust’s asset base from which further strategies on utilisation and cost reduction can be based.

This exciting Project is also being pioneered by MTS for its PAS55 Asset Management strategies.

Equipment Technical Advisors

MTS was appointed in January 2008 to provide audit and project management to the Trust for their recently signed PFI.

This included a significant amount of construction interface with Bouygues Construction. The Trust was responsible for all equipment procurement including pendants, operating lights, and all major architectural systems.

MTS worked with the Trust to procure all equipment for the new building. The equipment budget was £24m. MTS worked on the logistics planning for all equipment installations and commissioning plans to bring the new hospital building in to operational use.

Equipment Planning Procurement Managers

MTS was awarded the contract to undertake all of the equipment procurement and installation.

The contract also related to the Trust’s Procure 21 project for Paediatric Theatres, HIV / GUM, Day Case and associated services. The project was designed by Studio 4 and built by BAM Construction. The extension is on the Netherton Grove site. MTS assisted the Trust in the procurement of the medical and non medical-equipment, which includes for four new operating theatres. The extension was planned in 2 phases, the first in March 2011, and the second in December 2011, both of which are now fully opened.

The project was delivered on time and £400,000 under budget. HRH Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall opened the hospital in March 2014.

Medical Device Management

MTS Health has been appointed to provide three key roles for this Trust. Our primary role is the benchmarking and evaluation of the current equipment management infrastructure and to develop a medical device management strategy to meet Trust’s strategic development requirements. The role is to also look at cost saving opportunities related to this.

The second role is to review the performance of the incumbent Managed Equipment Service Provider (Toshiba) on the Greenwich site.

The third role is to provide an evaluation of the newly merged Trust’s asset base from which further strategies on utilisation and cost reduction can be based.

This exciting project is also being pioneered by MTS for its PAS55 Asset Management strategies.