eduroam has been widely extended in to the NHS and is a successful and popular support for students on clinical placement in the NHS and the academic staff supporting them, plus clinical researchers working with the NHS.
See here for a list of UK hospitals where eduroam is available
This document has been kindly provided by Martin Van Eker at the University of Bristol Medical School as part of the NHS-HE Connectivity Best Practice Working Group. When Martin presented on the Weston-Super-Mare NHS initiative with eduroam at the May 2014 NHS-HE Forum he said he would be willing to provide a document that can be shared with others and tweaked and changed by the user to best fit their local situation.
NHS Trusts, or other NHS organisations are eligible to be University (or other Janet connected organisation) Business and Community Engagement (BCE) Partners under the Janet BCE policies.
NHS-HE Connectivity Best Practice Working Group Outputs:
1 - Access Directly from NHS desktops (***new resource added May 2013***)
Andrew has been an active contributor to the NHS-HE Connectivity Best Practice Working Group which has recently been relaunched. As well as an update on the Working Group, there is a assessment of the value of being a member to initiatives in Dundee.
If you would like to join then please just get in touch: Malcolm.Teague@ja.net