CAREFUL

Procurement, Compliance and Assurance

Everything your procurement and IG team needs to assess CAREFUL. All certifications are current and verifiable online.

Company

Careful Systems Limited

Company number: 10176186

Vestry House, Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4R 0EH

Product status

CAREFUL is a commercially available, TRL9 (Technology Readiness Level 9) clinical communications platform. It is not a product in development or a prototype. Current live NHS deployments include Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Foundation Trust (since January 2023) and Cardiff & Vale University Health Board (since 2024).

Clinical safety

DCB0129 — Active certification with maintained Clinical Safety Case Report and Hazard Log. Named Clinical Safety Officer: Dr DJ Hamblin-Brown, CEO.

Cyber security

Cyber Essentials Plus — Current. Verify →

NHS DSPT — Completed and published. Verify →

Data protection

ICO RegistrationVerify (ZA249706) →

Data residency — Microsoft Azure, in appropriate zones for data sovereignty.

GDPR — CAREFUL processes data under the Trust's controllership.

Hosting

Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service, in regions appropriate for data sovereignty (e.g. UK South). 99.95% uptime SLA. Three availability zones. Auto-scaling. Zero-downtime deployments. Defence-in-depth security across five layers.

Full technical architecture →

Integration

Mirth Connect integration engine supporting HL7v2 ADT, FHIR and REST API. Proven PAS integration at multiple NHS sites. Established relationship with Altera for Sunrise EPR integration.

Integration details →

Implementation timeline

Full rollout achievable within 8 weeks for a typical multi-site trust. CAREFUL commits senior leadership (CEO, MD, CTO) to the implementation task force with on-site presence. User-led rollout with clinical champions at department, team and superuser levels.

References

Contact details for clinical and technical leads at NHS reference sites available on request.