Trustmarque and Microtech team up in Scotland

Trustmarque links up with local reseller to better provide Scottish NHS with IT

Trustmarque has linked up with Scottish reseller Microtech to provide Scottish health authorities with a wider range of technology.

The York-headquartered reseller, which has an office in Edinburgh, already supplies the country's NHS through the NHS National Services Scotland Software and Services framework agreement. From now on, Trustmarque will be able to offer local health boards a range of its own tech and that of Microtech through the scheme.

Microtech is based in Kilmarnock and offers IT kit such as applications, networking and security to companies across Scotland, Northern Ireland and the north of England.

"Following the partnership agreement, the services available to health boards have been extended to include Microtech's portfolio," Trustmarque said. "The two suppliers will use their combined 28 years' experience servicing the Scottish marketplace to help deliver complex IT projects and programmes within time and financial constraints."

The duo already has a joint customer in the bag in the form of NHS Lanarkshire, which the pair claims will benefit from its services for its new eHealth programme.

Mark Garrity, head of UK public sector for Trustmarque, said: "As part of our continuing commitment to deliver value to the Scottish healthcare marketplace, we wanted to provide a wide range of software and services which can be quickly and efficiently procured, and this partnership enables us to achieve that.

"Through the combined expertise and knowledge of both companies, we can service NHS organisations in Scotland, enabling them to meet their current and future technology requirements, improve efficiencies and deliver better, and safer care."

Chris McMail, managing director for Microtech, said Trustmarque was a natural choice of partner.

"Trustmarque has an outstanding reputation within Scotland for providing software licensing services to health and social care organisations," he said. "This agreement is significant in that boards which may have previously had to endure protracted procurement processes to attain our services are no longer confined to lengthy timescales. The impact of this is that efficiency and clinical benefits can be realised quicker."