Purchase of laptop carts and charging cabinets

n 2023, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board undertook a procurement
exercise to implement an Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration
(ePMA) system. This enabled the digitalisation of paper-based drug charts across
the Health Board, supporting safer medicines administration and providing a fully
auditable end-to-end record from pharmacist verification through to nurse
administration.
In February 2025, utilising capital funding received from Welsh Government, the
Health Board invested in the outright purchase of hardware to meet the current
and anticipated future requirements of the ePMA programme. To support usability
and ward-based workflows, laptop carts were introduced to house computer
hardware and facilitate the secure transportation of medicines, improving the
efficiency of medicines rounds and administration.
Funding has been approved within the 2025/26 ePMA Capital Budget to procure
additional carts and charging cabinets to support the ongoing roll-out and
implementation of the programme.
As a revised implementation date has now been confirmed, there is a requirement
to secure further carts and laptops to meet the updated deployment plan. The
capital budget has allocated funding for this additional requirement, and the
procurement will be undertaken via CDW Limited to maintain standardisation of
equipment across the Health Board and ensure compatibility with the established
ePMA hardware solution.

In 2023, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board undertook a procurement
exercise to implement an Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration
(ePMA) system. This enabled the digitalisation of paper-based drug charts across
the Health Board, supporting safer medicines administration and providing a fully
auditable end-to-end record from pharmacist verification through to nurse
administration.
In February 2025, utilising capital funding received from Welsh Government, the
Health Board invested in the outright purchase of hardware to meet the current
and anticipated future requirements of the ePMA programme. To support usability
and ward-based workflows, laptop carts were introduced to house computer
hardware and facilitate the secure transportation of medicines, improving the
efficiency of medicines rounds and administration.
Funding has been approved within the 2025/26 ePMA Capital Budget to procure
additional carts and charging cabinets to support the ongoing roll-out and
implementation of the programme.
As a revised implementation date has now been confirmed, there is a requirement
to secure further carts and laptops to meet the updated deployment plan. The
capital budget has allocated funding for this additional requirement, and the
procurement will be undertaken via CDW Limited to maintain standardisation of
equipment across the Health Board and ensure compatibility with the established
ePMA hardware solution