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IPLATO HEALTHCARE LIMITED

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The iPLATO Platform combines our five integrated products: iPLATO Connect for messaging and reminders, iPLATO Toolbar for direct communication, iPLATO Online Consultation for structured Online Consultation, iPLATO Selfbook for appointment booking, and iPLATO FFT for feedback gathering. It's the essential toolkit for a modern general practice model.

Features

  • Engage with patients individually or in bulk (support by AI)
  • Secure two-way communication via SMS, NHSApp, myGP, web portal
  • Structured Online Consultation provided by eConsult
  • Send pre-built questionnaires or import your own
  • Initiate remote video/audio consultations directly from the clinical system
  • Configure intelligent care navigation workflows to automate manual processes
  • Full integration with EMIS Web, SystmOne and Vision
  • Send two customisable automatic appointment reminders in different languages
  • Automate patient feedback collection in the NHS FFT survey format
  • Streamline appointment bookings, allowing patients to self-book and manage online

Benefits

  • Help achieve QOF and DES targets
  • Free up short-term appointments, reduce unnecessary appointments and minimise DNAs
  • Realise substantial financial savings with our all-inclusive SMS model
  • Code to EPR, capture full audit trail (SNOMED, v2, CTV3)
  • Fully managed FFT service that is compliant with NHS requirements
  • Transforms patient experience, enhance GP access, improve health outcomes
  • Modern general practice, with all tools in one place
  • Intuitive interface with simple setup, little to no training required
  • Robust Online Consultation that creates efficiency and mitigates risk
  • Work collaboratively across PCNs or practice groups

Pricing

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

4 5 7 4 7 6 3 9 7 8 5 4 4 2 9

Contact

IPLATO HEALTHCARE LIMITED Commercial Team
Telephone: 020 3743 0060
Email: sales@iplato.com

About your service

Service categories

Applications

Production and operations

Service industry and public sector operations

  • Healthcare
  • Defence
Multi cloud support
No

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
No
Cloud deployment model
Public cloud
Service constraints
None
System requirements
  • Up to date internet browser
  • Webcam and microphones for video/audio calls

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Yes
Support response times
On average resolution is under 10 mins. We respond to questions within agreed SLA
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
No
Phone support
Yes
Phone support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
Web chat support
No
Onsite support
No
Support levels
Support hours 08:00 – 18:00 Monday – Friday
Response times are determined by priority.
Support levels detailed below are included within pricing and we provide first line support with escalation to second line support if/when required.

Priority 1: Within 1 hour
Priority 2: Within 2 hours
Priority 3: Same day
Priority 4: Same day - acknowledgement and triaged.

Out of hours support:
Out of hours 18:00 – 08:00 Monday – Friday.

Priority 1 Within 12 hours
Priority 2 Within 12 hours
Priority 3 Next working day
Priority 4 Next working day
Support available to third parties
Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
We run a 2-4 week training programme - this includes:
- Technical setup
- 1-2-1 and group training webinars.
- On-demand support documentation and videos
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
  • HTML
  • PDF
End-of-contract data extraction
If required, this can be requested from our first line support team
End-of-contract process
User data is deleted, no data record left behind, included in contract
Documentation accessibility standard
WCAG 2.2 AA

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
Application to install
Yes
Compatible operating systems
Windows
Designed for use on mobile devices
Yes
Differences between the mobile and desktop service
The web version is compatible with internet browsers that carry 99% of all internet traffic (inc mobile browsers), and is written as a responsive web platform to ensure optimum display across screen sizes and devices/mobile.
Service interface
No
User support accessibility
WCAG 2.2 AA
API
No
Customisation available
Yes
Description of customisation
The platform is highly customisable.
- Sign-posting and user flows.
- Templates used

Scaling

Independence of resources
All processing occurs on our multi-tier, AWS London infrastructure, which is configured for elastic scaling in order to handle peaks and troughs in usage,

Analytics

Service usage metrics
Yes
Metrics types
On-line dashboard and reports
Reporting types
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request
Resource tagging
No
FOCUS resource tagging
No

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Conforms to BS7858:2019
Government security clearance
Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)

Asset protection

Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
Yes
Data storage and processing locations
United Kingdom
User control over data storage and processing locations
No
Datacentre security standards
Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 4.0)
Penetration testing frequency
Less than once a year
Penetration testing approach
‘IT Health Check’ performed by a CREST-approved service provider
Protecting data at rest
  • Physical access control, complying with CSA CCM v4.0
  • Physical access control, complying with SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
  • Encryption of all physical media
Data sanitisation process
Yes
Equipment disposal approach
In-house destruction process
Data sanitisation type
Deleted data can’t be directly accessed / Cryptographic Erasure

Data importing and exporting

Data export approach
If a customer, user or patient requests a documented data extract, we provide a structured CSV file detail all data that we hold about them.

Requests can be made directly to our first line support team who operate on a 24 hour SLA if requests are received between 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday.
Data export formats
CSV
Data import formats
CSV

Data-in-transit protection

Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
  • Private network or public sector network
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
Data protection within supplier network
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • IPsec or TLS VPN gateway

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
Guaranteed availability of 99.9% - this excludes planned downtime for regular product releases and spot fixes. This is communicated to customers well in advance.

All product releases are undertaken at the quietest period of usage and typically are completed as "blue/green" deployments (i.e. no downtime).

No refund or credit scheme is currently in place.
Approach to resilience
Housed in UK-based, multi-region, Tier 3 Data Centres for high availability and resilience.

Our range of products are utilised by more than 2000 unique organisations UK wide, and uptime has been stable at 99.9% for last 24 months.

Our products are housed on a multi-region cloud, using elastic scaling to handle the peaks and troughs in usage.
Outage reporting
We run a multi channel approach to maximise the opportunity of users to review and understand any communication shared on outages. This includes:
- Emails to affected users.
- A "status page" on our corporate website
- Use of Social media (Facebook and Twitter)
- Messaging shared within our WhatsApp user group
- Patient messaging via our patients facing, cloud based interface
- If appropriate, phone calls to users (dependant upon scale)

In addition, we undertake full business investigation of any outages to fully understand what occurred and what learnings we can take from it.
An abstract of this review and any changes being undertaken are shared with users within our monthly newsletters.

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • Username or password
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
Email address and password, including 2 factor authentication. Data is only accessible over HSCN network.

Patient facing elements are accessed using NHS Login.
Access restriction testing frequency
At least once a year
Management access authentication
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • Username or password

Audit information for users

Access to user activity audit information
Users contact the support team to get audit information
How long user audit data is stored for
At least 12 months
Access to supplier activity audit information
Users contact the support team to get audit information
How long supplier audit data is stored for
At least 12 months
How long system logs are stored for
Between 1 month and 6 months

Security governance

Named board-level person responsible for service security
Yes
Security governance certified
Yes
Security governance standards
ISO/IEC 27001
Information security policies and processes
We have a broad range of policies to support our ISO27001 certification.
We use a Jira add in to ensure that all polices are read and confirmed by staff.
Monthly internal audits are performed to validate clauses of the standard.
The Information Security and Risk manager reports to the Chief operating Officer, who sits on the Exec board.
As a continous improvement environment, we have a CAPA (Corrective Actions/Preventative Actions) process in place, which we record non-conformace and general security improvements.
Security incidents are reported via Jira Service Desk on a dedicated request offering.
Software Security Code of Practice
Yes

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Supplier-defined controls
Configuration and change management approach
We have formal change management processes in place with AWS, recording all changes to production as part of our ISO27001 ISMS.
Vulnerability management type
Supplier-defined controls
Vulnerability management approach
People Ensuring staff receive training on cyber security and risks. We pay attention to: Social Engineering/Phishing, Secure Passwords, Safe internet usage and removable media. Testing/Monitoring Carry out annual Penetration testing of the IT Infrastructure, Software applications and mobiles apps. Implement monitoring solution to alert for unusual applications, and attempted access activity along with log monitoring. Reduce attach surface Remove all unnecessary services and applications from the environment, removing potential risks related to unneeded applications. Multi layers approach Implement Perimeter Firewall, IDS and DLP protection along with additional Firewall and IPS at internal points in the infrastructure and application layer.
Protective monitoring type
Supplier-defined controls
Protective monitoring approach
Ensuring a central Log aggregation solution is in place, acting as a repository for all Infrastructure and Application logging data. Setting up Active Monitoring Listeners, allowing active monitoring within the applications to alert to activity outside of predefined norms. Implementing Passive monitoring of Critical points in the application, infrastructure and security services within organisation. Establishing robust alerting and escalation mechanism to ensure that activity outside of predefined thresholds is flagged to responsible managers, Dashboards also provide visibility of systems. Establishing external monitoring solution to monitor the internal monitoring solution, enabling early warning of issues that will prevent adequate internal monitoring.
Incident management type
Supplier-defined controls
Incident management approach
Each incident/prospective incident is logged with our helpdesk, assigned a Ticket number and a support specialist. Our specialist is responsible for gathering the scope of the incident in terms of scale (affecting a single or multiple users). Communicate to customers/internal stake holders that an incident has occurred, and if possible, provide workarounds. Gather relevant people to resolve incident, collaborate on best course of action to resolve issue. Look at the root cause of the incident, identify how to prevent the incident from occurring, capture actions and assign responsibility for measures to mitigate the risk of a similar incident occurring again.
Post-quantum cryptography secure
No

Secure development

Approach to secure software development best practice
Independent review of processes (for example CESG CPA Build Standard, ISO/IEC 27034, ISO/IEC 27001 or CSA CCM v4.0)

Public sector networks

Connection to public sector networks
Yes
Connected networks
Health and Social Care Network (HSCN)

Pricing

Discount for educational organisations
No
Free trial available
No

Discount percentage by annual call-off contract value (excluding VAT)

Less than £250,000
0%
Between £250,000 and £500,000
22%
Between £500,001 and £1,000,000
30%
Between £1,000,001 and £2,500,000
35%
Between £2,500,001 and £5,000,000
40%
Over £5,000,001
50%

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
Yes
Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
BSI
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
Tuesday 25 November 2025
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
There are no exclusions in the scope of our ISMS
ISO 28000:2022 certification
No
ISO 9001 certification
No
Quality management systems (QMS)
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
Yes
Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number
99274e12-505d-422b-9043-09921342cbca
Cyber essentials plus
Yes
Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number
0c1628b4-f1d7-4b50-a6fb-c9fdc250945b
Other security certifications
No

Social value

Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery
  • Mission: Build an NHS fit for the future: That is there when people need it; with fewer lives lost to the biggest killers; in a fairer Britain, where everyone lives well for longer.

    Policy Outcome 8: Increasing productivity through physical and mental wellbeing: In the supply chain and communities in the relevant area.

    • Understanding of issues relating to health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, in the contract workforce
    • Understanding barriers to access to health and social care services or employment opportunities e.g. digital inclusion

Service documents

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