About Us

Safe in our hands

Safehand offers specialist consultancy and training services to help organisations manage their digital health compliance arrangements. Our expertise enables organisations to rapidly comply with mandatory standards such as DCB 0129, DCB 0160 and the Medical Device Directive/Regulation whilst driving quality, gaining clinician engagement and improving patient safety.

Established in March 2016, our rapidly growing business manages the on-going regulatory interests of over 160 software manufacturers and healthcare organisations. Our customers are spread throughout the globe and range from two-employee start-ups to some of the largest health IT companies in the world.

Our personnel have unprecedented experience in formulating Hazard Logs, Safety Cases, Technical Files and Quality Management Systems. Our rich archive of materials and in-house software tools allow us to rapidly construct the documentation needed to comply with the multitude of digital health standards.

Our Managing Partner Dr Adrian Stavert-Dobson is a software engineer, medical doctor and a leading expert on the safe implementation of health technology. He has operated as a Clinical Safety Officer since 2006 and in 2016 he published the world’s first book on the subject.

We currently employ 16 fulltime Clinical Safety Officers and benefit from the experience of a number of hand-picked associates, each specialists in their areas of interest. Our goal is to make the lives of our customers simpler through clear explanation, precision and clarity of thought. We thrive on being straight-forward, plain-speaking and easy to do business with.

Our Values

  • Clear – we will explain things in plain English
  • Truthful – we will be open, honest and straight-forward
  • Systematic – we will be methodical, objective and evidence our methods
  • Informed – we will be knowledgeable and current
  • Dependable – we will deliver what we say we will deliver

Safehand Consulting Limited

Company number: 10012494

VAT No: 234182721

Registered address: 182 Pontefract Road, Cudworth, Barnsley, S72 8BE

Become a member

By becoming a Safehand member you can gain access to lots of specialist resources relating to DCB 0129/0160 compliance. Our FAQ contains the answers to dozens of essential questions and our decision tree makes it easy to work out whether you need to comply. You’ll also be added to the distribution list for our newsletter containing everything you need to know about health IT standards and compliance.

How can we help?

For more information about our digital health compliance services get in touch by calling us or using our online enquiry form.

+44 (0)114 4000455