This contract has been awarded to ensure the continued provision of STAHL Online, supporting uninterrupted and secure access to NHS Wales e‑resources. With the previous agreement ending on 31 December 2025, this award maintains availability of neuropsychopharmacology learning and teaching materials that have been in place since 2023. The resource is widely used across NHS Wales, recommended by professionals, and remains essential to evidence‑based practice.
Digital Health & Care Wales intends to enter into a contract with Figma Inc to procure licences to support teams in iterative design, testing with users, and handling off to developers within a single platform. This initiative aims to deliver consistency, enable faster iterations, and foster seamless communication across multidisciplinary teams.
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) intend to procure a contract for continued access to the Cochrane Library Database, a collection of high quality, independent evidence databases that support clinical decision making across NHS Wales and provide open access for all citizens in Wales.
The Cochrane Library Database is a unique evidence resource owned exclusively by Cochrane and is only available for purchase through its sole publisher and distributor, Wiley. It includes systematic reviews, clinical trials, clinical answers and other specialist evidence sources used extensively by clinicians, researchers, and citizens across Wales.
Due to the proprietary nature of the Cochrane Library, no alternative suppliers exist.
Loss of access would prevent NHS Wales staff and Welsh citizens from obtaining reliable, evidence based information, create operational strain on physical library services, and reduce support for clinical decision making and research.
Digital Health & Care Wales ("DHCW") intends to procure a quantity of FIGMA, Inc. licenses to support teams in iterating designs, testing with users, and handing off to developers within a single platform. This initiative aims to deliver consistency, enable faster iteration, and foster seamless communication across multidisciplinary teams.
The FIGMA licences are required to:
Provide a collaborative design tool that streamlines UI/UX workflows.
Consolidate the product design cycle into one platform.
Offer a cloud-based solution to mitigate errors and duplication.
Allow multiple users simultaneous access for improved efficiency.
DHCW is seeking to work together with Figma, Inc to commission a number of user licenses to support the on-going requirement. This procurement will ensure that DHCW Stakeholder have the tools necessary to enhance design processes and deliver high-quality outcomes.
Contract Award for the Provision of an EyeCare Electronic Referral Solution for NHS Wales. An Electronic Referral System (ERS) will enable NHS Wales to make the best use of clinical skills and services and enable patients to receive specialist care more quickly and closer to home.
The scope of the contract is for a cloud hosted digital referral solution to enable eye care referrals between Optometrists within primary care settings and for Optometry referrals to Hospital Eyecare Services (HES).
Digital Health & Care Wales has awarded a contract for continued access to the Cochrane Library Database, a unique and proprietary evidence-based resource used extensively by healthcare professionals, researchers, and the public across NHS Wales.
The Cochrane Library is exclusively owned by Cochrane and distributed solely by the publisher John Wiley & Sons Ltd. No reasonable alternative or substitute exists. Loss of access would significantly impact clinical decision-making, research support, operational library services, and public access to reliable, high-quality healthcare evidence.
Contract Details Notice: Scope of the contract is for a cloud hosted digital referral solution to enable eye care referrals between Optometrists within primary care setting and for Optometry referrals to Hospital eyecare services.
Continued access to The Royal Marsden Manual Online (RMM) is vital for NHS Wales, ensuring secure, up-to-date clinical guidance since its introduction in 2023. The current licence expires on 22nd March 2026. Without this resource, NHS Wales staff would need to rely on physical library purchases, increasing costs and reducing timely access to essential evidence-based information.
The Royal Marsden Manual Online (RMM) was developed by clinical nurse experts at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and is the only comprehensive digital resource for standardised adult nursing procedures. Institutional access is available solely via the online platform, as e-Book or perpetual licence options are no longer offered.
The e-Library also proposes adding the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Manual of Children and Young People's Nursing Practices as an optional requirement. Created by the Great Ormond Street Hospital experts, it provides over 300 evidence-based paediatric procedures, complementing the RMM for those working across adult and paediatric care. NHS Wales currently holds a 7-month subscription to GOSH, which is ending February 2026.
Both RMM and GOSH are unique, expert-authored resources essential for maintaining consistent, evidence-based nursing practice across NHS Wales. Local or individual purchases of either manual are impractical and costly, as multiple e-Books or physical copies would be required for hospital-wide access.
Failure to renew these subscriptions would result in loss of two key national nursing resources. RMM is already embedded and endorsed by the Chief Nursing Officer for Wales, and GOSH is a new but complementary resource addition.
Procuring STAHL Online is essential to ensuring continuous and secure access to NHS Wales re-resources, which have been in place since 2023. The current STAHL Online contract is due to expire on 31st December 2025. Maintaining this resource is justified, as it ensures NHS Wales users retain direct online access to reliable, up-to-date neuropsychopharmacology learning and teaching materials. These materials have been recommended by health and care professionals, have demonstrated high levels of usage, and are approved to support mental health professionals working in the field of neuropsychopharmacology.
Without continued access to this resource, NHS colleagues would be reliant upon their physical library services to purchase the latest printed materials. This would place additional strain on e-library services and budgets, and potentially limit timely access to essential, evidence-based information.
Contract Award Notice for: Digital Health & Care Wales were seeking expert and experienced support in embedding Agile methodology across the organisation, with a need for particular Agile expert coaching within its development and delivery teams, including Operations; Primary, Community and Mental Health; Strategy and Clinical.
BCS organisational membership to support the personal and professional development of digital roles through involvement and input into national programmes of work.
Digital Health and Care Wales ("DHCW"), Aneurin Bevan University Health Board ("ABUHB"), Betsi Cadwallader University Health Board ("BCUHB"), Cwm Taf University Health Board ("CTMUHB") and Hywel Dda University Health Board ("HDDUHB") have an ongoing requirement for the procurement of a Virtual Application Delivery and Network Load Balancing Software and Support. To secure an appropriate Supplier to fulfil this need, a mini competition was undertaken via a formal tendering procedure, utilising the Welsh Government's National Procurement Services ("NPs") Framework for IT Products and Services, Lot 3, Licensing and Subscriptions.
The contract ensures continued national access to the Royal Marsden Manual Online (RMM), providing NHS Wales staff with secure, up‑to‑date clinical guidance across all care settings. RMM, developed by clinical nurse experts at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, is the only comprehensive digital resource for standardised adult nursing procedures and is available exclusively through institutional online access.
Access to the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Manual of Children and Young People’s Nursing Practices is also included. With over 300 evidence‑based paediatric procedures, it complements RMM for organisations delivering care to both adults and children. NHS Wales currently holds a 7‑month subscription to GOSH, ending February 2026.
Both RMM and GOSH are nationally important, expert‑authored resources that support consistent, evidence‑based nursing practice across NHS Wales. Local or individual purchasing is neither practical nor cost‑effective, and loss of access would remove two key tools embedded in Welsh nursing practice.
The current RMM licence expires on 22 March 2026. Without renewal, staff would need to rely on physical library resources, increasing costs and reducing timely access to essential clinical information.
There is a requirement within Digital Health and Care Wales ("DHCW") to implement a fast healthcare interoperability resources ("FHIR") Terminology Software Licence.
The Terminology Service is a key component of the National Data Resource ("NDR") infrastructure, the delivery of the requirement will enable DHCW to distribute nationally agreed data and information standards across Wales Health and Care.
Digital Health & Care Wales ("DHCW") intends to award a quantity of FIGMA Inc licences to support teams in iterating design, testing with users, and handling off to developers within a single platform. This initiative aims to deliver consistency, enable faster iteration, and foster seamless communication across multidisciplinary teams.
The FIGMA licences are required to:
Provide a collaborative design tool that streamlines UI/UX workflows.
Consolidate the product design cycle into one platform.
Offer a cloud-based solution to mitigate errors and duplication.
Allow multiple users simultaneously access for improved efficiency.
DHCW is seeking to work together with Figma Inc to commission a number of user licences to support the on-going requirements. This procurement will ensure that DHCW stakeholders have the tools necessary to enhance design processes and deliver high quality outcomes.
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is embarking on an ambitious and
challenging Cloud Transition Programme (CTP) with the aim of migrating and modernising a significant portfolio of application services from the on-premise data centres to Public Cloud hosting.
The purpose of this procurement was to secure a highly experienced supplier who can provide specialist resources and expert support for the migration and modernisation of the applications and services within the scope of the Programme.
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