Dr Thomas Oakley, CEO, Feedback Medical, discusses the collaboration agreement.
Feedback Medical has signed a collaboration agreement with a provider of primary care solutions to explore opportunities for a neighborhood diagnostics solution.
This agreement will explore creating a solution that combines the partners’ technology and Bleepa to streamline NHS diagnostic and pathway referrals between primary care, Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) and secondary care. It is envisaged the solution will also enable some diagnostic procedures to be referred into community settings such as pharmacy or other diagnostic facilities, creating additional diagnostic capacity to support NHS waitlist recovery.
“This collaboration aligns to the Secretary of State’s vision to move care out of traditional acute provider settings and into the community, closer to patients. If successful it will provide additional capacity to the NHS and help to overcome some of the difficulties being faced by CDCs, such as recruitment challenges, by enabling redirection to fully staffed facilities. It will also offer patients’ choice and the convenience of attending their local high street for routine NHS investigations with, we believe, shorter wait times,” said Dr Oakley.
Read more about this agreement here.