The team at Savant have been working with NHS Blood and Transplant on research and development relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Savant have created a utility to aid with the end to end processing of convalescent plasma that is required to facilitate the processing of these new types of products within the PULSE Blood Bank Control and Management System.

Savant are proud to be involved with such important cutting edge work and the amazing people within the NHS. For further information about Convalescent Plasma donation, please visit https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/how-you-can-help/convalescent-plasma-clinical-trial/

Savant attended the 36th British Blood Transfusion Society (BBTS) Annual Conference held for the first time in Brighton earlier this month.

Tailored to meet the specific needs of the transfusion professional, delegates from around the world gathered to spend three days in presentations, talks and workshops as well as visiting the trade exhibition with over 30 exhibitors demonstrating a range of transfusion specific products and services.

Savant’s history with the BBTS goes back over 20 years since the creation of PULSE. In that time, PULSE has evolved into the core system used by NHSBT as well as the blood services of Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Jersey.

The conference also gave us an opportunity to demonstrate three new applications which were received well by the delegates.

• Li-LAC, a Human Breast Milk Labelling and Tracking System;
• LabelCyte which provides tissue and stem cell laboratories the freedom to create bespoke labels;
• SSC which was of interest to lots of visitors to the stand who were looking to acquire a stock control system.

We also took the opportunity to demonstrate the new proof of concept Gennaro app, a session related application which is designed to make the donor experience quicker and more efficient when donating. All those that tried it out were very impressed, commenting on the slick design and the upon the intuitive and easy to use interface. All agreed that it would reduce waiting times for donors and allow session staff to provide a much improved level of service.

All of our multi function pens (best in show) were snapped up by the delegates along with the personalised chocolate truffles!!

With next year’s show pencilled in for 18th to 20th September in Harrogate, preparations are already underway!

Savant are pleased to announce our acceptance onto the UK Government Digital Marketplace G-Cloud 10 and Digital Services 3 Framework.

The aim of the Digital Marketplace is to make the commissioning process simpler, clearer and faster. The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) administers the G-Cloud framework which is fully EU compliant providing easy access to our range of services, saving your organisation time and money.

There are currently three products available under the Cloud Hosting category: Savant Stock Control (SSC) service, Li-LAC Human Milk Bank Software and Mataco Business Continuity Software.

The Digital Marketplace and G-Cloud framework can be used by organisations across the UK public sector including central government, local government, health, education, devolved administrations, emergency services, defense and non-for profit organisations to purchase cloud services.

Digital Services lists suppliers who can provide individual specialists to deliver a specific outcome with defined deliverables on a service, programme or project. The Digital Marketplace can be accessed here and will be available for users to buy and sell services.

Since November 2017, we have been working in partnership with Lancaster University. The University will work with local businesses in order to help them focus on a particular issue or area that needs attention, the students will deliver a new resource, insight and recommendations for practical action. This can be in anything from strategy and business planning to marketing analytics, opportunities in new technologies and project management.

At our initial meeting in November 2017, the students showed great enthusiasm, initiative and motivation for this project. The initial brief we provided included :

• Whether there was a market for the R&D project and if so the size of the market.
• Maturity of the market and any entry barriers to the market (the product has the capability of being multi-language).
• Competition in the market.
• How to position and sell the product in the market.

At the end of April 2018, the students gave their final presentation of recommendations and findings which will be extremely valuable to us. From the recommendations, we will continue to exploring the European market for the product and possible partnerships through contacts made in the research stages of the project.

At the beginning of May we began a second business partnership with Lancaster University, this time working with some MSC Marketing students. The aim of the project is to complete a sector analysis, route to market and competitor analysis for our Stock Control System. We are looking forward to read what recommendations this project may bring us.

Savant are pleased to announce that HEFCW, the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales are continuing to use the Mataco™ business continuity management software system.

HEFCW regulates fee levels at universities, ensures a framework is in place for assessing the quality of higher education and scrutinises the performance of universities.

HEFCW use resources from the Welsh Government and others to secure higher education (HE) learning and research of the highest quality, make the most of the contribution of HE to Wales’s culture, society and economy and ensure high quality, accredited teacher training.

Mataco™ is a secure cloud-based software service offering standards compliant with business continuity plan implementation, management, exercise, audit and review.

Mataco™ enables businesses to respond quickly to any daily disruptions, gaining access your business continuity plan from wherever you are is critical. Mataco™ business continuity software enables you to store and maintain all your critical business data and plans in one place and access them from anywhere.

Savant have been working closely with Zebra Technologies and Sciamed to create the Maternal Milk checking app that will run on the TC51 Android device. The handheld system for use in neo-natal and maternity units, checks that a baby is only being fed by breast milk expressed by her/his mother.

The system allows the neonatal nurse to print milk bottle labels including unique barcodes via a Bluetooth connected printer. These labels and the associated baby’s wrist band are scanned to ensure that they match before a feed is permitted. The app also records all feed instances for the potential upload into Li-LAC, the Human Milk Banking System also supplied by Savant.

The first outing for the new app will be at the Arab Health conference in Dubai between 29th January and 1st February where Zebra Technologies will be showcasing the app to an expected audience in excess of 100,000.

Savant has successfully implemented its web based clinical laboratories stock management system at its first customer site. The system will enable the site to have greater control and knowledge of the consumable clinical laboratory stock items in stock, allowing more accurate costing and stock level control.

The system is web based and covers delivery of stock, issue of stock to main stores and sub stores (laboratories), quarantine, stock movements, discards, stock checking and reporting.

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Savant is now listed on the Digital Marketplace under the Digital Outcomes and Specialists 2 framework.

Digital Outcomes lists suppliers who can provide teams to build and support digital services. For example, a digital outcome could be a discovery phase to create an information systems vision of an NHS department.

Digital Specialists lists suppliers who can provide individual specialists to deliver a specific outcome with defined deliverables on a service, programme or project.

The aim of the Digital Marketplace is to make the commissioning process simpler, clearer and faster. Buying and selling through the Digital Outcomes and Specialists framework will:

• reduce the time and cost traditionally associated with procurement
• allow buyers and suppliers to talk to each other so they can decide whether there is a good fit
• give more suppliers the opportunity to support digital transformation across the whole of the public sector

All public sector organisations, including agencies and arm’s length bodies, can use the Digital Marketplace to find and buy cloud based services, specialists who can work on digital projects and physical data centre space.

The Digital Marketplace can be accessed here and will be available for users to buy and sell services from February 2017.

Savant and Sciamed have entered into a partnership to supply software products and Apps to the healthcare sector. Their complimentary areas of expertise are opening up new areas of opportunity for both parties. Initial areas of collaboration include Savant’s Li-LAC milk bank service and a Stock Control Management system for the healthcare sector. Both parties look forward to a successful and profitable relationship.

Savant has been successful in registering its Li-LAC Human Milk Bank service on the latest G-Cloud framework, G-Cloud 8, in the Software as a Service (SaaS) category.

Savant’s range of implementation, consultancy, migration and testing remain registered on G-Cloud 7 under the category of Specialist Cloud Services. Savant’s Mataco Business Continuity software tool remains registered on G-Cloud 7 under the SaaS category.

The Digital Marketplace and G-Cloud framework can be used by organisations across the UK public sector including central government, local government, health, education, devolved administrations, emergency services, defence and non-for profit organisations to purchase cloud services.

The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) administers the G-Cloud framework which is fully EU compliant and provides easy access to Savant’s range of services, saving your organisation time and money.

Stephen Edge, the Director of Savant responsible for our G-Cloud services, commented: “We are delighted to have extended our range of services on the Digital Marketplace, through the G-Cloud framework, to include our new software product Li-LAC. Our range of high quality cloud services can be purchased directly through this framework by the public sector.”

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