Healthcare
Cold-storage compliance, asset tracking and connected medical devices for hospitals, clinics and homecare - built around the regulatory frame your auditors actually use.
IoT-WorkS builds temperature monitoring, asset tracking and connected-device telemetry for UK healthcare providers. Continuous sensor data replaces paper logs, alerts reach staff before stock is lost, and every reading is exported in the audit format GPhC, CQC and MHRA inspectors expect.
Where we deploy
3 typical use casesPharmacy fridge monitoring
Continuous temperature recording for vaccine and biologic storage, with audit-ready exports for GPhC inspections and MHRA GDP compliance.
MHRA Good Distribution Practice guidance (gov.uk)Theatre & equipment tracking
BLE + GPS hybrid trackers on infusion pumps, beds and high-value mobile equipment so theatre teams find what they need in seconds, not minutes.
Connected medical devices
Hardware + firmware + integration for OEMs bringing new connected devices to market - from PCB through MHRA submission.
What does IoT monitoring do for a healthcare provider?
It removes the manual check. A wireless sensor in each fridge, freezer or storage room reports temperature every few minutes to a gateway, and the platform raises an alert the moment a reading drifts outside its allowed band - typically 2 to 8 degrees Celsius for vaccines and most biologics. Staff stop filling in twice-daily paper logs, and the record an inspector asks for is generated rather than reconstructed.
- Continuous recording instead of spot checks at opening and closing
- Alerts by SMS, email or app before stock crosses the excursion threshold
- Immutable readings with timestamps, sensor ID and calibration reference
- Exports formatted for GPhC, CQC and MHRA GDP evidence requests
How does continuous monitoring support MHRA GDP compliance?
GDP requires that storage conditions for medicinal products are monitored, recorded and reviewed, and that deviations are investigated. Continuous sensor logging satisfies the recording and review obligations directly, while alerting gives you the intervention trail a deviation investigation needs. Because every reading carries a sensor identity and timestamp, the evidence chain holds up without manual transcription.
MHRA Good Distribution Practice guidance (gov.uk)How is patient and operational data handled?
Our telemetry is environmental and asset data, not clinical records - fridge temperatures, door events, equipment locations and battery health. That keeps most deployments outside the scope of patient-identifiable data entirely. Where a deployment does touch an NHS environment, data handling is aligned to the Data Security and Protection Toolkit standards your organisation already reports against, and UK hosting is the default.
NHS Data Security and Protection ToolkitCan it work in an older building without new cabling?
Yes. Sensors are battery powered and communicate over LoRaWAN or NB-IoT, so a hospital wing, community pharmacy or care home can be covered without running cable or joining the clinical network. A single gateway typically covers a building, and multi-year sensor battery life means no maintenance rota. Where a building management system is already in place, we bridge to it rather than replacing it.
Every vertical runs on the same engines: AI Telemetry for sensor data, Engineering services for hardware + firmware + integration, the same platform for dashboards, alerts and compliance exports. The vertical changes the asset class and the regulatory frame; the stack underneath doesn't.
Frequently asked questions
- What temperature range should a pharmacy fridge be monitored at?
- Most vaccines and biologics require 2 to 8 degrees Celsius. Our sensors record continuously and alert as soon as a reading leaves that band, so staff can intervene before stock is compromised rather than discovering an excursion at the next manual check.
- Does this replace our paper temperature logs?
- Yes. Continuous digital recording with timestamped, tamper-evident readings replaces twice-daily paper checks, and the export is generated on demand for GPhC, CQC or MHRA GDP evidence rather than assembled by hand at inspection time.
- How quickly are alerts delivered when a fridge fails?
- Alerts reach the on-call contact in under a minute by SMS, email or app. Escalation rules pass the alert to a second contact if the first does not acknowledge it, which is what protects stock overnight and across weekends.
- Do the sensors need to join our clinical IT network?
- No. Sensors use LoRaWAN or NB-IoT to reach their own gateway, so the deployment sits outside your clinical network entirely. That keeps information-governance review simple and avoids new endpoints on the network your IT team manages.
- Can IoT-WorkS help bring a connected medical device to market?
- Yes. We build hardware, firmware and integration for OEMs, from PCB design through to the technical documentation a regulatory submission needs. Engineering, telemetry platform and integration come from one team rather than three suppliers.
Tell us about your healthcare project.
A local engineer will reply within one working day with a recommended sensor mix, gateway architecture and a rough deployment timeline.