Ditto Sustainability has been chosen to transform the re-use of products for NHS Scotland and help stimulate the Scottish circular economy by reducing waste, providing cost savings and developing skilled jobs.
NHS Scotland buys over £2 billion worth of goods and services each year. Although it is estimated that over 50% of all items purchased may be suitable for remanufacturing, many medical devices allocated to individuals are often discarded after their ‘first life-cycle’.
In order to track waste assets in a way that was not previously possible, CivTech launched Challenge 6, to find an efficient and robust data system to monitor NHS resources; from first deployment through to return, tracking them through the refurbishment processes so that they become fully compliant with NHS standards and ready for re-use.
Ditto Sustainability’s AI platform has been chosen to provide this service. Through the utilisation of the best available technologies and in particular AI (artificial intelligence), its aim is to scale, automate and democratise the knowledge that decision makers need to prevent waste and drive efficiency.
“The project represents a considerable challenge due to the scale of NHS Scotland and the diversity of goods and services procured. This was a huge attraction for us as a technology company. The lessons learned here will not only help NHS Scotland but help us to develop a platform approach relevant to any organisation, big, or small.” – Dan Botterill, CEO, Ditto Sustainability.
CivTech brings together public-sector expertise and private sector creativity to solve real problems, developing new products, and delivering better, faster and easier services for everyone.
Ditto Sustainability specialise in cloud-based learning, compliance and analytics to empower employees at every level to adapt to the principles of a circular economy, helping to future-proof their businesses. To find out more, visit http://www.dittosustainability.ai/.
