case study

76 Sites
1,000 UTP Outlets
800 metres Fibre

Stockport Primary Care Trust

About Stockport Primary Care Trust

The Trust was created on 1 April 2001.

It works with the local community and health partners, for example, doctors, dentists, opticians and pharmacists, hospitals and social services, to deliver health services that are responsive to the needs of local people. The PCT is responsible for: improving the health of Stockport people; commissioning hospital services; and developing primary care and community services.

The Project

As part of the National CoIN programme for the NHS, INS Sudlows was awarded the project to upgrade the entire network infrastructure across the entire trust. This involved the design and rollout of a complete structured cabling system that would provide the trust with the capability to deliver the level of electronic services, including the electronic Patient Records scheme as required by the NHS national policy

The Installation

As part of the upgrade to the entire Stockport NHS System, INS Sudlows installed over 1,000 Molex Cat5e UTP outlets and installed Fibre connections to a number of Trust sites. The project involved a level of asbestos assessments as some of the older buildings contained asbestos fibres.

To Conclude

Upon completion of the CoIN installation, Carl Ambrose, IT Manager of Stockport PCT concluded that
“INS Sudlows have been integral in the implementation and roll out of Stockport PCTs Community of Interest Network (CoIN). They have provided new cabinets at 76 sites to accommodate the CoIN equipment to support data and IP telephony. Existing cabling has been re-located into the new cabinets and additional cabling provided as required. They have installed quality copper and fibre networks into 7 floors of the PCT's new headquarters at Regent House We find INS Sudlows staff to be professional, flexible and sensitive to the requirements of busy clinical and administrative sites.”

Carl Ambrose (IT Manager – Stockport PCT)

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