Pricing
Indicative fees for clinician-led assurance work
Every engagement is scoped against your product, its clinical context and the evidence you already hold. The figures below are honest starting points, not a menu. Final scope and fees are agreed in writing before work begins. All prices are in pounds sterling. VAT treatment and total fees will be confirmed in your written proposal.
NHS readiness review
From £1,450fixed fee
Suppliers approaching a first NHS deployment or procurement conversation.
- Clinician-led review of intended use and clinical context
- Gap assessment against clinical safety and DTAC expectations
- Written findings with prioritised, sequenced actions
- Follow-up call to work through the plan
What is included
- One product and version, or one deployment workflow
- Review of up to 6 core documents, up to approximately 60 pages in total
- Evidence inventory and prioritised written findings
- One feedback call to work through the findings
Delivered 1–2 weeks after we receive a complete set of inputs. Larger document sets or additional products are scoped separately.
DCB0129 clinical risk management
From £4,500per product, scoped
Manufacturers of health IT and AI-enabled clinical software.
- Clinical workflow mapping and hazard identification workshops
- Clinical risk management plan and hazard log
- Clinical safety case report authored with your team
- Documentation prepared for review and sign-off by your Clinical Safety Officer
What is included
- One product and release scope, agreed in writing before work begins
- Clinical risk management plan, hazard log and clinical safety case report
- Workshops and review cycles fixed in the proposal
- Prepared for review and sign-off by your Clinical Safety Officer
Timescale depends on product complexity and workshop availability, and is fixed in the written proposal.
Ongoing documentation and change-review support
From £950per month
Live products whose safety documentation has to keep pace with releases.
- Scheduled monthly review sessions, booked in advance
- Hazard log and safety case updates as your product changes
- Documentation review of changes, incidents and AI model updates
- Help preparing responses to buyer and DTAC assurance questions
What is included
- Up to 4 scheduled hours per month, booked in advance
- Worked under your organisation's appointed Clinical Safety Officer
- Work beyond the monthly hours is scoped and quoted separately
- No emergency, on-call or 24-hour cover is provided
Sessions are scheduled in advance. Unused hours do not roll over unless agreed in writing.
Start with the free readiness check
The NHS Digital Health Readiness Check scores your clinical safety, DTAC evidence, AI assurance and governance position in approximately 8–10 minutes, and returns a written report. It costs nothing and there is no obligation to engage us afterwards.
What affects the fee
- How directly the product influences clinical decisions or care delivery.
- Whether AI or algorithmic decision support is in scope.
- How much usable clinical safety documentation already exists.
- Number of clinical workflows, integrations and deployment settings.
- Whether your Clinical Safety Officer is already in place, or you still need to appoint one.
We work in support of your organisation's appointed Clinical Safety Officer. We prepare, structure and review documentation; your CSO reviews and signs it off. We do not sign off clinical safety documentation, and we do not act as your CSO unless and until formal competence, appointment and cover arrangements have been established and recorded in writing.
We are an independent assurance and advisory practice. We do not certify, approve or accredit products, and we cannot guarantee the outcome of any NHS assessment or procurement process. Card payment is not enabled: engagements are invoiced against an agreed written scope.
What is not in scope
These sit outside every engagement. Where you need them, we will say so and, where we can, point you to an appropriate specialist.
- UKCA or CE marking, and any form of certification or conformity assessment
- Implementation or operation of a quality management system (for example ISO 13485 or ISO 27001)
- Formal medical device regulatory opinions, classification determinations or regulatory submissions
- Specialist clinical validation of models, including radiology and other imaging model performance testing
- Acting as, or substituting for, your appointed Clinical Safety Officer
VAT treatment and total fees will be confirmed in your written proposal.