ABOUT ETHOS

ETHOS is a specialist digital health compliance consultancy, founded by the author of the NHS clinical safety standards. We help the innovators behind digital health and the organisations that implement it get their products safely to the people who need them.

At ETHOS, we are recognised as a leading knowledge provider of digital health compliance and assurance, across safety, security and effectiveness.

That expertise runs across every domain needed to implement digital health technology safely, securely and at scale.

OUR PEOPLE

Our team brings over 100 years of combined digital health experience, spanning clinicians and senior leaders who have worked at national and international level.

We work with health organisations and the suppliers serving them, primarily in the UK and increasingly across international markets.

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ABOUT OUR CEO

Our co-founder and CEO, Stuart Harrison, authored the NHS clinical safety standards, DCB 0129 and DCB 0160. That places ETHOS uniquely well to advise the digital health industry and the organisations that commission these services, including NHS Trusts, Integrated Care Boards, medical device manufacturers and digital health software providers.

Stuart continues to lead and author international ISO and IEC standards for health software, and co-authored the NHS Digital Clinical Safety Strategy. Over two decades he has built subject matter expertise that is trusted across the NHS and the wider digital health community, which gives clients and partners confidence from first contact.

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Our team has a combined experience of working in the NHS of over 100 years

We specialise in three key areas:

Safety – Clinical Safety, Medical Device Product Safety, and Clinical Risk Management
Security – Information Security, Cyber Security, Information Governance, and Privacy
Effectiveness – Clinical Outcomes, Efficacy, and Effectiveness Measures.

Our Support

We actively support the professional bodies that set and raise standards across digital health, and we help develop the workforce the sector needs.

Contributing to the industry we work in is part of how we operate, not an afterthought.

Contributing meaningfully to the sector via the work we do every day

Our VALUES are:

Everything we do rests on a single belief: that we are responsible for the safe, secure and effective care of patients.

Inspire confidence: We earn trust by being honest, reliable, and thorough
Diversity and inclusion: We respect every person and make sure every voice is heard
Expertise and innovation: We bring the expertise and fresh thinking that raise standards and protect people
Nurturing growth: We help good ideas grow and reach the people who need them
Fairness and integrity: We pay fairly, work ethically, and give back to our sector.

OUR ASSOCIATIONS

We are proud to work alongside some of the most respected organisations.

"ETHOS, with its unparalleled expertise in regulatory affairs, has proven to be an invaluable partner in our journey."

"Navigating the intricate landscape of medical device regulation can be a formidable task. ETHOS, with its unparalleled expertise in regulatory affairs, has proven to be an invaluable partner in our journey. From the initial stages through medical device registration and post-market surveillance, ETHOS’ commitment to excellence ensures that our clients are guided with precision and care. With ETHOS as a trusted ally, we can confidently forge ahead, secure in the knowledge that our regulatory needs are expertly addressed, allowing us to focus on advancing our objectives."

Thomas Coleman

Co-founder, Zendra Health

"It is so refreshing to meet a business who are prepared to help and add value."

"Following the Masterclass run by Stuart Harrison of ETHOS, we took up the offer of assistance in writing a DTAC statement, which in our case is a statement of why we fall outside the scope of DTAC. ETHOS was brilliant in taking time to understand our business, were a genuine pleasure to deal with, and provided us with the statement tailored to us. With their expertise I’m sure it was a fairly simple process but would undoubtedly not have been quite so straight forward if we had to do it ourselves. It is so refreshing to meet a business who are prepared to help and add value with a view to building relationships as opposed to immediately looking for an immediate return. They were friendly, easy to deal with as well as being highly professional."

Adam Beard

Managing Director & Co-Founder, Download Learning Ltd

"Their advice and guidance has been invaluable"

"Clinical safety is very important to us at Feedback Medical and ETHOS has provided us with an independent, professional viewpoint to help us improve how we manage this within our clinical communications platform Bleepa. They have also helped us to simplify the way that we communicate about clinical safety to our customers. Their advice and guidance has been invaluable and we look forward to continuing our relationship with them in the future."