A UK private hospital group one of the UK’s leading independent provider of private healthcare with more than 50 hospitals and healthcare facilities. More than 6,500 consultant practices at the private hospitals, which handle more than two million patient visits a year.
THE CHALLENGE
The private hospital group chose RGIS to provide the following:
- To identify which hospital had what equipment
- Specify where within the hospital the equipment was located
- To determine what equipment needed replacing
- To confirm all equipment was tagged and on the central asset register
- National coverage required
Why RGIS?
The UK private hospital group needed to partner with a national company offering asset tagging services.
Our Solutions
The private hospital group partnered with RGIS to work on the hospital asset tagging project and provided the following:
All hospitals and then wards were contacted by RGIS to discuss preparation prior to asset count
All wards had precise timings to ensure counts worked around patient needs
Definitive reporting requirements were agreed with the hospital so Head Office could see everything as a whole and at a hospital level
Results
By outsourcing hospital asset tagging project to RGIS, the hospital group were able to identify the following:
Equipment that had not been tagged
Items in unexpected locations
With the solutions offered by RGIS, the hospital group could redistribute equipment across hospitals rather than buying new equipment
This is estimated to have saved them in excess of £50,000
Conclusion
By partnering with RGIS to deliver a nationally coordinated asset tagging programme, the UK private hospital group achieved complete visibility and control over its medical equipment estate. The structured, ward-by-ward approach ensured minimal disruption to patient care while providing accurate, standardised reporting at both hospital and Head Office level. As a result, untagged and misplaced assets were identified, the central asset register was validated and updated, and equipment replacement decisions could be based on reliable data. The ability to redeploy existing assets across sites, rather than purchase new equipment, delivered significant financial benefit — with estimated savings exceeding £50,000 — while strengthening long-term asset governance and accountability.
