CAREFUL for NHS Trusts and ICBs
CAREFUL is a clinical coordination platform designed for NHS workflows. It is currently deployed in NHS trusts, meets all NHS governance and safety standards, and can be live within weeks.
Current NHS deployments
Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Foundation Trust — Cross-site Critical Care department, live since January 2023. Referrals, clinical summaries, patient flow, research coordination. Evidence →
Cardiff & Vale University Health Board — University Hospital of Wales, live since 2024.
Hywel Dda University Health Board — Withybush General Hospital, 18-month pilot. Acute medical take, ED referrals, specialty referrals. Evidence →
Why NHS teams choose CAREFUL
It replaces tools you already know are unsafe. WhatsApp, bleeps, paper handover sheets and spreadsheets are workarounds. CAREFUL replaces them with structured, auditable, NHS-compliant coordination.
It complements your EPR. CAREFUL does not compete with your clinical record system. It fills the coordination gap — the actions, referrals and handovers that EPRs were not designed to manage. Compare →
It works across sites and organisations. Multi-site trusts, ICS partnerships and hospital-to-community transitions all require coordination across boundaries. CAREFUL supports this by design.
It saves clinician time. 30–60 minutes per doctor per shift at Withybush. That is time redirected from chasing information to treating patients.
Compliance
Every standard is met and verifiable. Not "working towards" — done.
- DCB0129 Clinical Safety Case (active, with named CSO)
- Cyber Essentials Plus — verify →
- NHS DSPT — verify →
- ICO registered — verify (ZA249706)
- Azure — in appropriate zones for data sovereignty