News and events...
New Leeds Office Open
29/04/2010
Microtech are pleased to announce the expansion of their services within England with a new office in Leeds now open. Microtech will now be able to offer all products and services to customers south of the border. For further information please contact our Sales Department on 01563 546671.
Microtech's Managing Director, Chris McMail and Special Projects Manager, Ian Sey recently made a sucessful climb to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa in aid of The Ayrshire Hospice. Congratulations to both! There's still time to sponsor via the below links:
http://www.justgiving.com/chrismcmail
http://www.justgiving.com/iansey
Microtech Employee of the Year Awards
29/12/2009
Microtech recently ran its annual Employee of the Year awards. Congratulations to Alan Lindsay who has been awarded Employee's Employee of the Year, and to Stephen Barr, who has been awarded Employer's Employee of the Year. Both were presented with a plaque, and the names of both employees have been added to the respective shields which will be on permanent display in our boardroom.
Race Night in Aid of Ayrshire Hospice Kilimanjaro Fund
05/11/2009
Chris and Ian would like to thank everyone very much who attended the race night at the Park Suite on Saturday night. They managed to raise the fantastic total of £2,441.98 towards their fundraising quest for the Ayrshire Hospice Kilimanjaro climb.
Thank you also to everyone who bought horses, sponsored the event or donated raffle prizes.
A great night was had by all. (Listen out for some more fundraising events we will be arranging in the future, there is a rumour Ian may even agree to get waxed for this great cause!!)
Thank you very much again for your support. You can track Chris and Ian's progress via the links below:
http://www.justgiving.com/chrismcmail
http://www.justgiving.com/iansey
Microtech Become Microsoft GOLD Certified!!!
07/10/2009
Microtech have recently become a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.
Gold Certified Partners represent the highest level of competence and expertise with Microsoft technologies and have the closest working relationship with Microsoft.
At this level, Microtech have access to the resources and support we need to stand out in the marketplace, including a technical services coordinator, access to the Partner Knowledge Base, priority listing in Microsoft directories and other top-level benefits.
We currently have a twenty second advert every four minutes running on the first LED Cityscreen in Scotland. The Cityscreen is in Glasgow's City Centre visible from Renfield Street and the junctions of Sauchiehall Street, Bath Street, West Regent Street, West George Street and West Vincent Street, a range of almost 1,000 metres.
A live video of the screen can be viewed at:
http://www.forrest-group.co.uk/cityscreen/glasgow/webcams
Microtech staff recently enjoyed their annual team building trip along with staff from partner company PCTI when they visited the city of Krakow in Poland. Krakow is Poland's fourth largest city and is one of the best-preserved medieval city centres in Europe. A great weekend was had by all.
Microtech's Managing Director, Chris McMail and Support Desk Manager, Ian Sey have agreed to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in March in aid of the Ayrshire Hospice. The climb will see them trekking for 10 days to the summit of the highest mountain in Africa. Anyone who watched the celebrity climbers doing this for Comic Relief will know that it is not an easy task but will be very worthwhile if they raise enough sponsorship for the Ayrshire Hospice.
The Hospice provides specialist palliative care to the highest possible standard for those with advanced Cancer or Motor Neurone Disease for whom cure is no longer possible, as well as support for the families facing the loss of a loved one. This care is provided by a multi-disciplinary team led by a Medical Director and includes In-Patient Care (20 beds), Day Care (16 places per day) and Specialist Palliative Homecare Nursing Team. The services are provided at no cost to patients or families, but as a charity, it is heavily dependent upon voluntary donations to meet expenses. They currently require to raise, from voluntary sources, ?3.2m per year.
The Hospice provides a wonderful support to all families affected, if you would like to help Chris or Ian achieve their sponsorship goals please visit their justgiving pages below:
http://www.justgiving.com/chrismcmail
http://www.justgiving.com/iansey
Microtech Team Take Trophy
16/06/2009
A team from Microtech recently took part in the annual Ayrshire Business in the Community 5-a-side Tournament at the Kilwinning Community Sports Club. The spirit of the Challenge is to promote citizenship, interaction, team building, networking and health. The Microtech team reached the final and battled for the trophy by beating Rashillhouse Contracts. Well done to all who took part.
Pictured lifting the trophy is Microtech's Sales Manager - Martin Duffy.
Microtech and Jayex
10/03/2009
Jayex Technology Limited have appointed Kilmarnock based Microtech Support Limited as the sole Scottish Distributor to Promote the Jayex Product Range within the Healthcare Market in Scotland. Under this exclusive arrangement Microtech will Publicise, Install and Support the Jayex Product Range to Primary and Secondary Care Organisations within NHS Scotland.
Jayex were established in 1978 and are recognised as Pioneers and Market Leaders in Advanced Information Displays, Queue Management and Touch Screen Self Check-In Systems. They have provided off-the-shelf as well as custom designed solutions to over 6000 NHS Installations throughout the UK, are integrated to many clinical systems and incorporate the very latest advances and innovations.
Microtech Support Limited has been supporting I.T. in GP Practices in Scotland since 1986. As well as providing core I.T. Support Services they have just completed the contract to rollout a Document Management Solution to every GP Practice. Microtech has technical resources located throughout Scotland making them ideally positioned to support the extensive Jayex Range.
Bob Marsh, Sales Director of Jayex said: "This exciting partnership will allow us to develop our existing customer base in Scotland but more importantly allows us to offer an enhanced level of support to our existing clients, by a company who have a proven pedigree in Scotland."
Jayex Product Range
1. Patient Call Displays in LED and LCD
2. Touch Screen Check In Systems
3. Touch Screen Patient Feedback and Information
4. Digital Multi-Media Signage Solutions
Chris McMail, Microtech?s Managing Director, is delighted to welcome Jayex on board and is confident that the extensive product range will offer some exciting opportunities with NHS Scotland and the growing private health sector
He added: "The Jayex Brand fully complements our existing Product Portfolio and allows us not only to increase our offerings in the GP Market but further increases our exposure to Secondary Care Organisations."
New On-Site Tape Validation Service
09/02/2009
Following feedback from Health Boards and practices throughout Scotland Microtech Support Limited and Egton Medical Information Systems Limited have worked together to provide new on-site tape validation service to Scottish GP practices.
The new service will be performed by Microtech with on-going, remote, technical support from EMIS where required. This alternative to the existing EMIS service removes the need for tape transportation. Microtech technical staff will perform the validation of the clinical system and DocMan files at the practice giving practice staff access to the data for verification and piece of mind as well as ensuring that patient data remains within and under the control of the practice.
Microtech will contact customers to discuss the new service although existing EMIS TVS contracts and any outstanding tapes will be processed as normal.
For further information on this service please contact Microtech on 01563 530480.
Microtech staff recently visited Barcelona for their annual weekend excursion abroad.
After previous successful trips to Prague and Amsterdam, Barcelona was this year's chosen destination.
Activities included an open top bus tour of the city, tours of the Nou Camp stadium and visits to La Sagrada Familia Cathedral (pictured).
Microtech met up with their partner company, PCTI, for the yearly team building event. Once again, the trip was a great success and all staff are already looking forward to next year's excursion!!!
Microtech are not Waiting Around
30/04/2008
Microtech Support Limited Assist NHS National Waiting Times Centre to reduce waiting times
Microtech Support today announced that they had successfully won the contract to supply a Document Management System to the NHS National Waiting Times Centre.
Kilmarnock based Microtech Support Limited has been awarded the contract to provide an Electronic Document Management and Workflow system to both the Golden Jubilee National Hospital and the Beardmore Hotel and Conference Centre in Clydebank. Microtech successfully beat stiff competition from 37 companies to win the European tender. This contract complements the recently completed National contract to supply and support Document Management to every GP Practice in Scotland.
Microtech, Managing Director Mr. Chris McMail "The move from Primary to Secondary Care was the natural progression for us and now allows us to explore the transfer of Documents from Hospitals direct to the GP Practice. We are delighted that The Golden Jubilee is the first Hospital site to move towards implementing these processes."
NHS National Waiting Times Centre, Head of E-Health Mr. William Edwards "Using this new document management system will help us streamline our administration process as well as helping us to achieve our goal of becoming a paperless environment. But more importantly, it means we will be able to provide a better service to patients by giving staff quicker and easier access to their information."
Achieving such contracts has allowed the company to continue to expand with heavy investment in support facilities and staff. They now have 30 employees and have introduced support services including the only full time staffed service desk facility available for businesses of all types and all sizes in the area as well as over 15 Field Engineers providing on site support anywhere in Scotland.
