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Technical Advocate PartnershipUnlocking operational efficiencies
A Technical Advocate Partnership enables us to partner with your onsite engineering team, to accelerate operations and resolve issues more efficiently. Working with your engineering teams, we can together create quicker and smoother resolutions, saving system downtime.
Overview
How the Partnership works
- A technical session will be provided to your onsite engineering team by our UK technical experts, to build knowledge of equipment and integrate into our processes.
- Direct access to technical support is provided, giving you engineering expertise for remote guidance.
- Deployment of our suite of digital tools to simplify your processes.
TAP Benefits

Key benefits
- Upskill staff – increase motivation and retention
- Immediate onsite response and support
- Keep systems operating in optimal condition
- Minimise rework and administration time
Reduces system downtime
First Steps

Introduction
As a first step, please get in touch with your Customer Service Account Manager or Partner or email us on example@sharedcs.inbox.co.uk.
An introduction can then be set up to meet key operational staff from our Customer Care Centre and gain a technical overview of equipment. This will be followed by awareness training.
Customer Partnerships
Spotlight on University Hospitals of Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust
reference
Results seen with the year
• Minimised helium loss
• A mitigated heightened risk of a magnet quench (quench recovery is typically upwards of £20,000, and X additional days down)
• Removed delays of waiting for an onsite investigation visit from a Siemens Healthineers engineer
• Allowed spare parts to be ordered without delay

The team at UHBW
A Technical Advocate Partnership with UHBW
University Hospitals of Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust is a major NHS Trust, serving a core population of over 500,000 people across Bristol and Weston-Super-Mare, delivering services across 10 sites.

Magnetom Skyra (MRI Scanner)
Benefits seen with the TAP with other services and support
• 10% repairs made without the need of an onsite engineer on MR scanners
• 22 working days per year saved in administration process efficiency
• Upskilled Trust engineers through delivery of technical awareness training

Customer feedback
“Through this remote training approach, more participants were able to attend the training. This proved to be highly efficient. We could solve problems at hand quickly. Training time was flexible, which was very important to us”
Customer name, job title UHBW
reference
Results seen with the year
• Minimised helium loss
• A mitigated heightened risk of a magnet quench (quench recovery is typically upwards of £20,000, and X additional days down)
• Removed delays of waiting for an onsite investigation visit from a Siemens Healthineers engineer
• Allowed spare parts to be ordered without delay

The team at UHBW
A Technical Advocate Partnership with UHBW
University Hospitals of Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust is a major NHS Trust, serving a core population of over 500,000 people across Bristol and Weston-Super-Mare, delivering services across 10 sites.

Magnetom Skyra (MRI Scanner)
Benefits seen with the TAP with other services and support
• 10% repairs made without the need of an onsite engineer on MR scanners
• 22 working days per year saved in administration process efficiency
• Upskilled Trust engineers through delivery of technical awareness training

Customer feedback
“Through this remote training approach, more participants were able to attend the training. This proved to be highly efficient. We could solve problems at hand quickly. Training time was flexible, which was very important to us”
Customer name, job title UHBW
reference
Results seen with the year
• Minimised helium loss
• A mitigated heightened risk of a magnet quench (quench recovery is typically upwards of £20,000, and X additional days down)
• Removed delays of waiting for an onsite investigation visit from a Siemens Healthineers engineer
• Allowed spare parts to be ordered without delay




A Technical Advocate Partnership can significantly increase system uptime and reduce onsite engineer visits by 15%
Based on analysis of a typical NHS Trust. Projected reduction of onsite visits.
