18 November 2009
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust has selected
Salud dental software as part of its vision to establish a fully
integrated paperless information and communications technologies
(ICT) platform for patient treatment, dental education and research
throughout the Bristol Dental Hospital and School. It will be
implemented in the Bristol Dental School at the beginning of next
year.
The Trust was nominated by the other 10 English dental hospitals
to lead the procurement process on their behalf. Salud was selected
via an Official Journal of the European Union tender (OJEU) against
considerable competition. The Trusts OJEU award is part of an
English National Framework Contract with participation from all 11
English Dental Hospitals, with the backing of Connecting for
Health, the Department of Health and the Chief Dental Officer for
England.
The delivery of premium quality oral health care services and
research is core to the values and standards of service of the NHS.
Many other countries in Europe and internationally will be
monitoring the success of this national programme and we hope that
the initiative taken in this area by Connecting for Health, the
Department of Health, the NHS and our colleagues in the other 10
Framework dental hospitals will lead to similar initiatives within
the UK and Europe.
Dr Graham Rich, Chief Executive of the Trust, said: The
process of selection was rigorous and we are delighted to have
reached a successful conclusion. In conjunction with the Department
of Health and the Office of the Chief Dental Officer for England we
look forward to playing a leading role in this innovative and
exciting development in the delivery of dental care, education and
research across all of the English dental hospitals.
The same system is also used across four continents, including
dental schools in Boston, Oslo, Madrid, Hong Kong, Melbourne,
Cardiff and Dublin.
