The case study records an 80% reduction in search time, with 5–30 minutes saved per equipment search.
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Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust
Customer case study · Healthcare
Giving clinical teams real-time visibility of critical mobile equipment
Foretrack Connect replaced manual searching and disconnected asset management with live location data, helping staff find equipment faster and return more time to frontline care.
Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust80%Reduction in search time
5–30 minSaved per equipment search
~25%Reduction in unnecessary purchasing
01 · The challenge
What had to change.
Darent Valley Hospital needed to address the operational issues below.
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Staff losing clinical time searching wards and departments for equipment
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No live view of asset location or utilisation
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Duplicate purchasing when equipment could not be found
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Patient-flow delays caused by slow access to critical assets
02 · The Foresolutions fix
Designed around the operation.
Foresolutions designed the deployment around Darent Valley Hospital’s workflow, combining the required hardware, software and implementation support.
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Tagged high-value and frequently used equipment with low-maintenance BLE devices
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Created a central live dashboard for asset location, history and utilisation
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Added alerts for unexpected movement and key operational zones
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Rolled the solution out in phases to validate value before wider expansion
03 · Technology deployed
The technology behind the outcome.
The project used the following technology as part of the deployed solution.
BLE asset tracking tags
Foretrack Connect
Live operational dashboard
Movement and zone alerts
04 · Customer outcome
What the customer gained.
Darent Valley Hospital gained the following operational improvements from the deployment.
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Critical equipment can be located in seconds rather than through manual searches
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Clinical time is redirected from searching back into patient-facing activity
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Better utilisation reduces avoidable replacement purchasing
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Estates teams gain a clearer operational view across the hospital
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Case study: Darent Valley Hospital · Healthcare
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What this project demonstrates
Hospital asset visibility is valuable when it gives clinical time back to staff.
The Darent Valley Hospital deployment connects BLE tracking with a live operational dashboard so staff can locate critical mobile equipment faster and estates teams can understand utilisation more clearly.
Live location and usage data help distinguish equipment that is unavailable from equipment that is simply difficult to find.
The project records an approximate 25% reduction in unnecessary purchasing by improving visibility of existing assets.