Panasonic Toughbook Selected For Major Ambulance Technology Refresh Across England & Wales
Ambulance Service Trusts enhance patient safety with Panasonic TOUGHBOOK devices in rapid response vehicles and dual crewed ambulances.
Bracknell, UK. 15th August 2024 – As part of the nationwide Ambulance Radio Programme (ARP), Ambulance Service Trusts across England and Wales are undergoing a significant technology refresh to increase efficiency and enhance patient safety. Panasonic TOUGHBOOK is working with long-standing critical technology partners Centerprise, Terrafix, and Telent to provide its latest rugged mobile devices to all rapid response and dual crewed ambulances.
The ARP will enable all 12 NHS Ambulance Service Trusts, serving 50 million people, to seamlessly coordinate with updated control room solutions to improve the efficiency and delivery of its service. The ARP delivers crucial technology solutions across the UK, such as patient transportation applications, to ensure effective communications between Ambulance Service Trusts, the NHS, and other frontline emergency responders.
As part of the ARP initiative, Panasonic and its partners is providing a standardised, yet flexible solution to be deployed nationally. With a variety of vehicles, models and dashboard designs, each deployment will be customised to meet individual Trusts’ needs. Using Panasonic TOUGHBOOK devices running on Windows enables additional functionalities and applications to be easily developed as these requirements change.
Panasonic TOUGHBOOK devices will enable ambulance crews to access the most up-to-date and detailed mapping of England and Wales’s rural and urban areas, through the National Mobilisation Application, developed by Terrafix. This software can be updated remotely, minimising ambulance downtime.
The initiative has already seen over 4,000 new installations of Panasonic TOUGHBOOK devices in ambulance service vehicles across England and Wales.
"We’re seeing next-to-no failure in those Trusts that have completed installations. With fantastic reliability, usability, crystal-clear display, first-class connectivity and mapping capability, the new solutions have received great feedback from our frontline crew, enabling them to pinpoint incident location with far greater accuracy. Ultimately, the roll-out will lead to fewer vehicles off the road due to hardware failures, with reduced downtime and better patient safety."
Senior Programme Manager
Ambulance Radio Programme
"This technology refresh is a game-changer for the NHS Ambulance Service Trusts across England and Wales. By integrating rugged, reliable, and highly functional TOUGHBOOK tablets into their vehicles, they are setting new standards for efficiency and patient safety. This upgrade ensures that our ambulance services remain at the forefront of emergency response, ready to save lives with the best technology available."
Business Manager
Public Sector (Fire, Ambulance & Central Government) at Panasonic Mobile Solutions
Read more insights…
blog
TOUGHBOOK Guard: Building Trust at the Firmware Level
With attackers targeting firmware, trust must start at the device manufacturing stage. TOUGHBOOK Guard delivers built‑in BIOS protection and continuous hardware assurance for long‑life, mission‑critical deployments.
blog
Why Fire Services Must Rethink Information Access at Incidents
Fire and Rescue Services are rethinking how critical information is accessed at incidents. While MDTs remain central in the cab, crews need real-time intelligence on the ground. A two-layer approach is emerging to ensure safer, faster decisions where it matters most.
blog
Combine Rugged Innovation with Real-World Insight at the TOUGHBOOK Experience Centre
The newly redesigned TOUGHBOOK Experience Centre in Cardiff is redefining how rugged mobility solutions are created, tested, and refined by placing customers and partners directly at the centre of our processes.
article
RED HAT AND PANASONIC CONNECT COLLABORATE TO ENHANCE DURABILITY AND SECURITY CAPABILITIES AT THE EDGE
Panasonic Connect integrates Red Hat Device Edge to power autonomous operations and real-time data processing on Panasonic TOUGHBOOK devices.
Sorry there was an error...
The files you selected could not be downloaded as they do not exist.
You selected items.
Continue to select additional items or download selected items together as a zip file.
You selected 1 item.
Continue to select additional items or download the selected item directly.
Share page
Share this link via:
Twitter
LinkedIn
Xing
Facebook
Or copy link: