Nick Thomas, Deputy Chief Executive, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

Our implementation plan - what GS1 standards mean to me, my hospital and our local health economy

12 April 2016

Our implementation plan - what GS1 standards mean to me, my hospital and our local health economy

Nick ThomasDeputy Chief Executive

Scan4Safety NHS National Demonstrator Site

Blue Circle: Secondary Care Catchment AreaRed Circle: Population that can access the Trust’s Specialist Services

ProvideSecondaryandTertiarycareforc1.2MPopulation

Some facts…..• Largest hospital on the UK South West Peninsula • 2015/16 Turnover £450m• 6500 employees• Delivered 4,854 babies• Operated on 38,696 patients• A&E attenders 88,815 of which 53,435 admitted• Completed 355,794 X-rays and Scans• 2200 suppliers• 175,000 unique items purchased annually• £9.5m owned inventory• 115 unique deliver to locations

Unprecedented ChallengesImproveQuality

ImproveAccess

ReduceCosts

EliminateWaste

ReduceHarmIncreaseEfficiency

SustainableSkilledWorkforce

DTOC’s£100mby19/20

NHSISuccessRegime

GS1 Foundations & GoalsGS1 Foundations• Genesis Inventory Management system

implemented 2013• GHX Nexus and Marketplace since 2008• EPMA in tender due 2016/17• GLN Governance – MiCad estate and

property management software live and accurate

• SALUS – in house developed patient management, clinical and bed workflow software

• Health Insights theatre information system in implementation fully live late 2016

Goals• GLN completion 3rd quarter 2016

• GS1 Wristband 3rd quarter 2016

• GTIN – Med Surgical top spend suppliers in progress

• GTIN – Pharma tbc

What do GS1 Standards mean for our hospital?

• PatientSafety• ImprovePatientExperience

• Reduceoperationalcosts• Sharebestpracticeandlearnfromtheotherdemonstratorsites

• Rightcare,righttime,rightplace