CIPHER Medical are proud to announce that we are a supplier of the NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) on the Transportation and Travel Services for Health Framework [1], making it easier to secure our services at short notice and cutting the red tape.
SBS:
The NHS SBS was created in 2004 by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) [2] to deliver corporate services to the NHS.
As part of the NHS family, the NHS SBS is the leading supplier of corporate services to the NHS. They manage over 40 frameworks agreements covering clinical and corporate goods and services.
The NHS SBS is dedicated to acting responsibly and at all levels of the business, sharing common values with the rest of the NHS family. It’s solutions underpin
The NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) Transportation and Travel Services for Health Framework Agreement further enhances our commitment to support the NHS on its journey to net zero, by offering innovative, digitally-enabled services that improve patient outcomes, reduce operational burden on NHS trusts, and ensure timely, accessible transport for those who need it most – while aligning with the NHS’s wider goals for sustainability and integrated care.
What this means for CIPHER Medical:
This framework covers the scope of non-emergency patient transport, those going to and from appointments, needing treatment from one facility to another, moving from one location to another for medical treatment or residency with aid or any other location as determined by the customer. This framework covers from 29th September 2025-28th September 2027 with an option to extend for a further 2 years.
As a CQC registered provider CIPHER Medical is committed to upholding the values for which stands in provision of these Services. We will:
- act with openness and accountability in our aim to provide critical analysis in all that we do, and aspire to continual improvement and growth in our services,
- Instil pride in all that we do individually and as a team, providing high quality patient care,
- Act with respect and dignity to these values, our colleagues and the patients that we serve,
- Honour our belief that “everything counts”, act with passion, commitment and with the knowledge that in doing so that every encounter can impact our patients in a positive way.
Our ISO 9001 accredited Quality Management System means that we align to the organisational goals of the NHS. Continually seeking to improve our services through quality audit and feedback, we consistently strive to provide improved services that offer value, high quality patient care and deliver across our commitment to all domains of social value.
