Regulatory consultancy, compliance & training for health IT manufacturers and healthcare organisations

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Every day our team of 16 Clinical Safety Officers assists more than 160 organisations with their compliance strategy.

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Working with Safehand Consulting, and particularly our Clinical Safety Officer Lucy Birks, has been an outstanding experience. Lucy has been phenomenally helpful—pragmatic, calm, and highly skilled at rationalising and simplifying complex regulatory processes. She integrates into our ways of working, providing expert guidance without adding unnecessary burden. Safehand is a consulting firm that genuinely works with you, not just for you, ensuring clinical safety compliance is both achievable and embedded effectively within our organisation. We are grateful for their expertise and ongoing support.

Dr Laura Falvey
Executive Clinical Director, Reset Health and Roczen
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“As a leading provider of patient self-management tools in the UK and globally, Omron have a strong history of quality management and compliance. We reached out to Safehand to support us with our regulatory readiness for our new category of remote patient monitoring solutions. We have been consistently impressed with the level of expertise within the Safehand team, their deep knowledge of the regulatory environment and the ability to develop clear and comprehensive assessments from often complex product requirements and functionality. The quality of output has been recognised by our customers and this has helped us to strengthen our own commercial relationships.”

Paul Stevens
Director Connected Services and Solutions, Omron Healthcare Ltd.

"Clinical safety and compliance forms the bedrock of a reliable product that can be trusted by healthcare providers. Safehand have supported MaST to develop a portfolio of documents and processes, to ensure we are compliant with DCB 0160. MaST uses data and analytics to support mental health clinicians to make decisions and so having sound advice and clarity on product regulatory position is of utmost importance. Safehand have been supportive and responsive and have helped us navigate the clinical safety landscape."

Caroline Gadd
Director, MaST

"Deploying a national solution in the UK demands a trusted and experienced safety partner. We have been delighted with the work to date – rolling out a product at speed has been challenging across the board, but the way Safehand structures the knowledge transfer and information gathering was a big help. Our CSO has been really great - mammoth effort on her part to keep things moving, and she continues to do a fabulous job."

Chris Ryan
Video Consulting Programmes Director, Attend Anywhere

Working with Safehand on our DCB0129 compliance was straightforward. The process was well established and robust. Our allocated CSO was an expert with real-world experience in our field and was able to quickly understand the product and its applications. We are very happy with the flexibility in supporting ongoing compliance.

Emily Baker
Business Development Manager, ITE Medical

Working with Safehand has been a pleasure from first contact with their Managing Director regarding developing a suite of documentation to ensure compliance with DCB0129 to our ongoing relationship with our Clinical Safety Officer contracted via Safehand. They not only have an excellent understanding of the legislative requirements, but have broad experience and knowledge of the healthcare sector which has helped us painlessly navigate our way through what is a complex process and requirement.

Joanne Ross
Business Manager, EPAQ Systems Ltd.

“We were and continue to be delighted with our interactions with Safehand. From the first email, through to the production of our hazard log, clinical safety workshop and final report we experienced the highest level of professionalism, matched with not only extensive knowledge of the clinical safety issues but real enthusiasm to make our product better. This enthusiasm has led our team to become even more focussed on clinical safety and led to a real organisational change in designing, improving and releasing our code updates. We are looking forward to working with Safehand as we develop and enhance our offering.”

Anne Lamb
Director of Operations, FDS Dental Referrals

I'd like to thank Safehand for supporting PocDoc in creating our clinical risk management deliverables for our DTAC assessment and GP Connect onboarding. The Safehand onboarding process was simple and thorough, which meant we could quickly move from briefing to implementation. Safehand has made the process of becoming DCB 0129 compliant straightforward. I would like to make a special mention of Lucy Birks, our appointed Clinical Safety Officer. Lucy has guided us expertly and rapidly throughout the process and offered considerable insight. Her experience and dedication to our aims, has helped the senior management team at PocDoc to build our understanding and commitment to clinical risk management.

Robin Matthews
Chief Technology Officer, PocDoc

Safehand has been a trusted advisor and partner in our DCB0129 compliance process, as well as in providing broader guidance on software as a medical device for Bliksund EWA, our digital record solution for emergency professionals. Their team has demonstrated deep expertise, offering clear and pragmatic advice that integrates seamlessly into our operational approach. Their reliability and ability to simplify complex regulatory requirements have made the entire process smooth and efficient. Safehand's knowledge, professionalism, and practical mindset make them a pleasure to work with, and we highly recommend them to any organisation navigating the landscape of medical regulations and software.

Martin A. Kasseth
Chief Product Officer (CPO), Bliksund

We approached Safehand to provide the Clinical Safety guidance required to achieve DCB0129 compliance. We found Richard to be very approachable and professional, guiding us through the process in a clear and structured way. His expertise was instrumental in helping us navigate the complexities of the DCB0129 framework with confidence. Safehand acted as a trusted partner, and we are very grateful for their assistance in enabling us to achieve this critical milestone.

Julie Somerville
Client Partner Safety, Hexagon
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Our clients include...

Icentia
Meditech
Totalmobile
4S Dawn
Cleric Computer Services
The Care Database
University Hospital Southampton
Alertive
Avegen
Clinical Computing UK
University Hospital Southampton
Totalmobile
Wabalogic
Strata Health
Soft Options
Road to Health Group
Pontem Data
Health Diagnostics
Interactive Studios
Consultant Connect
epro
Totalmobile
Alcidion
ITE Medical
TCR (Nottingham)
Bliksund
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Reset Health Clinics
Voice Connect
Little Green Button
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Vital Signs Solutions Ltd
Synbiotix Solutions
Schappit
Mas Group
Alcidion
Alcidion
BridgeHead Software
CCube Solutions
Visiba
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EIDO Healthcare
Totalmobile
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