- Who are your current supplier(s) of Audio Visual (AV) and Video Conferencing (VC) equipment and services? –
A) Suppliers vary dependant on requirements. Virgin Media supplier for the Stroke Network.
- How many video enabled MDT’s, Boardrooms and meeting / training rooms do you have within your organisation and when was the last upgrade or refresh to these rooms? –
A) We support approx. 12 rooms across the Trust with standard AV equipment and for meetings. There are 4 MDT rooms with equipment. Refresh information is not recorded.
· Do you have a support contract in place for these rooms and if so, when is the expiry date(s)?
A) Support for AV room is via the Trusts informatics teams. PC’s , projectors, visual display panels are supported by the team. Virgin media support the Stroke Network and this is managed by the CCG, not the Trust.
- What has been your annual spend over the last 3 years (16/17 17/18 18/19) on AV / VC hardware, services and support?
A) Unable to specify as it forms part of the general IT budget.
- Specifically in terms of MDT’s, do you use a N3/HSCN service to allow connectivity to other internal / external MDT’s / remote participants? If yes, which service do you use?
A) All our comms goes through HSCN and our secure COIN provided by Virgin media.
- Do you have a Digital strategy in place around Video based consultations? If so have you implemented a service and if yes, which service do you use?
A) Not yet but aware of this for the next rewrite of the strategy
- Could you provide a name and contact details for who is responsible for your MDT rooms?
A) Please direct all correspondence to the Chief Information Officer (CIO).
- Do you have a Digital Lead for the organisation? If so, could you provide a name and contact details?
A) CIO - Mark Johnson, Associate Director of Performance and Informatics, Performance and Informatics, Birch House, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, Haslingden Road, Blackburn, BB2 3HH
- Could you provide a name and contact details for your IT lead / manager?
A) Head of I.T. – Please see below.
Should you wish to contact any of the above individuals, please call the Trust switchboard on 01254 263555 and ask to be directed to them.