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[petekand] 12/11/2021 13:56

If Tom can sign up another two community hubs quickly and I think he will, then I believe there will be no looking back for FDBK.
Investors will see that Bleepa is indeed the tech glue that will become the default mobile communication tool for the NHS.

[ducatiman] 12/11/2021 13:12

Currently .985 bid in quantity.

[yump] 12/11/2021 11:56

I'm guessing, but if the trusts are being given money by the gov to develop the hubs, then that doesn't seem to square with funding being provided by private business.

Presumably then, the money from gov to the trust, would be scaled back. Depends whether the extra funding is enough for the trusts to set up hubs.

Unfortunately private funding would I think muddy the waters, as their interests would clearly not be entirely aligned with clinicians desire for new tech, or the smoother pathways promised by Carelocker.

Cynical, yes, I've seen and heard too much about private involvement.

[ged5] 12/11/2021 11:46

It was said they were in talks. I think the feeling was it was all hot air to get a placing done.

Old management and before my time.

LR2 and Ducatiman will know a little more.

But you are correct in your assumption.

[ragnarr] 12/11/2021 10:46

sorry yump - that obviously was not meant for you - note to self -idiot.

[ragnarr] 12/11/2021 10:45

errr have you been in a coma or something.

[yump] 12/11/2021 10:17

Seriously ?

[herb clark] 12/11/2021 10:08

How does this relate to Bleepa?

[ragnarr] 12/11/2021 09:50

https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/19699509.bolton-moves-step-closer-getting-new-one-stop-community-diagnostic-hub/

[ragnarr] 12/11/2021 09:49

https://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/health/st-georges-health-hub-hornchurch-approved-by-havering-8467984

[ged5] 12/11/2021 09:42

Wow! Thanks very much for that NY Boy. Who would have thought?

Looking forward to when you're posting 'Sub 10p is a buy' or if everything that Tom said in the interview happens 'Sub £3 is a buy'.

[ducatiman] 12/11/2021 05:35

Will you get the opportunity NY?

[ny boy] 12/11/2021 00:04

Sub 1p is a buy

[yump] 11/11/2021 16:36

Ditto your last comment confirmed by some of the wording and approach. Much too easy to talk of millions - more like a newbie investor talking than someone that's business experienced.

Although clearly there is recognition that the NHS is a very slow thing to do business with - so hopefully no illusions there and the community hubs turn out to be managed and developed by people in the trusts that actually like the idea of progress and will implement it.

Rather than waiting for the results of the exemplar hub pilot, I'd like to see a big push for more pilots in more hubs.

The danger is that by the time the pilot has finished, the other 40 hubs are up and running and difficult to change. Or they all need bespoke solutions. If that's likely, don't want to wait until mid-2022 before starting.

Some nitty-gritty selling to all 40 initial hub developers needed.

When you know a company is building 3 factories and you've got a product that could be part of all of them, you don't just try to do one and when that works, go to the others. They'll already be up and running. You have to get in early with all of them.

[ptolemy] 11/11/2021 15:43

I suspect the size of the prize was the immediate driver of price. Now we need to see real intent delivered, most convincingly in the form of contracts. That's more problematic because on the continuum from impossible to certain we're still stuck somewhere between possible and probable. My biggest concern is the lack of commercial business expertise among the Board and NEDs.

[ducatiman] 11/11/2021 15:30

Can’t disagree with you NY but if you believe it is coming at what stage do you buy a ticket?

[ny boy] 11/11/2021 15:07

Hot air deflation, will need more substantive news to keep up recent momentum imo

[ducatiman] 11/11/2021 12:20

Plenty of sellers about this morning. Might go sub 1p again, it will be interesting to see at what level we bounce, as bounce we surely will.
GLA, duc.

[yump] 11/11/2021 10:27

Judging by the lack of interest here, I don't think the general potential has 'got out' at all much yet. I certainly hadn't realised the possibilities for the community hubs, when I was moaning about them as a distraction a few weeks ago !

I'm sure now, that a couple of announcements of the right sort will get a few more looking seriously at FDBK as a longer term investment that's got a fair chance of being something significant, compared to the many other medical businesses that struggle to get any traction.

Just hoping that TO somehow gets all these trusts who are independently setting up hubs, to talk to each other, or at least that there is some sort of blueprint developed by some part of the NHS, for them to work towards.

Last thing anyone wants is each trust doing their own thing, although a certain level of bespoke design is bound to be necessary. I think the podcast mentioned that.

[ged5] 11/11/2021 10:16

I suppose the retrace was to be expected without some news. Doesn't really matter in the long run.

Yes, your story is a perfect example of a situation where Bleepa would speed up the process. Frustrating for everybody.

[buywell3] 10/11/2021 21:12

There is a shortage of around 2,000 radiologists in the NHS and has been for some time

Around 14% of all medical scans are sent abroad to others to give opinions on eg Australia and New Zealand are currently using tech to view the scans remotely

Those in power see this as continuing

The vice-president for clinical radiology at the Royal College of Radiology recently told the Financial Times that private-sector involvement was vital to meeting the NHS's immediate demands

However the new Minister for Health has said that the NHS is to receive nearly £250m for technology to tackle record waiting list backlog

Using a new NHS computer system X-ray experts will be able to review high-resolution images remotely 24 hours a day without needing to be in an imaging laboratory.

The new system will also enable GPs to choose the most suitable type of scan for their patient based on their symptoms and medical history saving them having to make requests to radiologists.

This is part of the NHS backlog initiative --- 5.7M people waiting for treatments

[yump] 10/11/2021 17:42

Unfortunately the people who are responsible for the lack of coordination within the NHS over a long time period, are long-retired.

My wife's experience over a lot of years as a clinician is of very weak management, obsessed with targets, finance and pet projects, while being no help at all to clinicians.

Maybe a bit harsh, but just the one problem of clinicians fighting for rooms to see patients in, when a lot of rooms are empty, but 'booked' by some other clinician, was just one aspect of working where she did.

You would expect managers would sort out the allocation and organisation of rooms, but they didn't. Basically, clinicians just went to the secretary, who was then faced with competing clinicians, in the demand for rooms.

Of course guess which clinicians got priority, regardless of actual demand, or whether they had booked a room or not.