Independent clinical safety assurance

Prove your digital health product is safe to deploy. Then keep it that way.

Clinician-led DCB0129 and DCB0160 assurance for suppliers and NHS organisations, from the first hazard log to monitoring after go-live. Built for digital health and clinical AI, where the risk keeps moving after sign-off.

HOW AN ENGAGEMENT RUNSDCB0129 · DCB0160
  1. Scope

    Intended use, setting, users and the standards that apply.

  2. Identify

    Structured hazard workshops with your clinicians and engineers.

  3. Evidence

    Mitigations tested, residual risk justified, gaps named honestly.

  4. Sign off and monitor

    Clear accountability at sign-off, then a living record after go-live.

Led by an accredited Clinical Safety Officer
22+ years
across NHS clinical, operational, digital and national roles
20+ products
AI and digital health safety cases authorised or reviewed as accredited CSO
Former CNIO
Chief Nursing Information Officer at an NHS foundation trust
Topol · Churchill
Digital Fellow and Fellow; Mary Seacole Leadership Award

01 · WHO WE WORK WITH

Both sides of the same safety case.

DCB0129 · MANUFACTURERS

Suppliers and developers

You need a clinical risk management file an NHS CSO will accept, not one that triggers six weeks of questions.

  • Hazard log and safety case built around your intended use
  • Gap review before you face NHS procurement or DTAC
  • Change control that keeps up with model updates
DCB0160 · DEPLOYING ORGANISATIONS

NHS and care organisations

The supplier's safety case does not cover your workflows, your staff or your patients. That part is yours.

  • Independent review of supplier safety evidence
  • Local hazard log, safety case and sign-off pathway
  • Interim CSO capacity while you build your own

02 · SERVICES

Start small. Scale the assurance with the risk.

Most clients begin with a fixed-scope readiness review and decide what they need from there.

01 · START HERE

AI Clinical Safety Readiness Review

A focused look at where you stand against DCB0129 or DCB0160, with a prioritised gap list you can act on.

Fixed scope · ~2 days

02

Safety case development

Clinical risk management plan, hazard log and safety case report, developed with your team and ready for sign-off.

DCB0129 · DCB0160

03

Post-deployment monitoring

Safety signals, incident review and hazard log updates for live AI, so the safety case stays true after go-live.

Ongoing · quarterly review

04

DTAC and governance readiness

Clinical safety evidence and governance structures aligned to DTAC, so procurement does not stall on paperwork.

Evidence pack · review

03 · WHERE AI DEPLOYMENTS GO WRONG

The failure is rarely the algorithm. It is the governance around it.

What we look for first, and what we do about it.

WHAT WE SEEWHAT WE DO
Safety case written after go-live, to satisfy procurementBuild the hazard log alongside design decisions, so risk shapes the product rather than documenting it
Deployer assumes the supplier's DCB0129 covers themMap local workflows, staff and patient groups to a DCB0160 case the organisation owns
Model updates ship without a safety reviewSet change triggers that reopen the hazard log before release, not after an incident
No one is watching once it is liveDefine safety signals, review cadence and a named owner for each residual risk
Sarah Amani

04 · WHO YOU WORK WITH

Sarah Amani, Founder and Clinical Director

Registered mental health nurse and accredited Clinical Safety Officer. Sarah has spent more than two decades in the NHS, including as a Chief Nursing Information Officer, leading electronic record migrations and regional mental health programmes.

She has authorised or reviewed clinical safety cases for more than 20 AI and digital health products, from ambient voice technology to virtual wards and mental health apps. Every engagement is led by a clinician who has carried the accountability.

  • Accredited CSO
  • NMC registered
  • Topol Digital Fellow
  • Churchill Fellow
  • Mary Seacole Award

ALSO FROM TRUSTPOINT

Vikela, the clinical safety platform we are building

One living record of assessment, hazards, evidence and post-launch monitoring for organisations deploying digital health and clinical AI, under DCB0129 and DCB0160. A free three-month pilot is open now.

Vikela is a separate product. Clients are never required to use it, and we don't review safety cases produced with it.

Vikela: Clinical Safety Governance. Manage digital clinical safety from supplier assurance and local deployment to hazards, incidents and review. Covers DCB0129 supplier assurance, DCB0160 local deployment, hazards, controls and risk matrix, incidents and actions, and review and reassessment. Shown on a monitor and laptop running the Vikela demo.
Screens show the Vikela interactive demo. All organisations and data are fictional.

05 · INSIGHTS

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