Shinetech Secures a Place on the UK Government’s G‑Cloud 15 Digital Marketplace, with CATQR Now Available as a Featured SaaS Solution
Strengthening our long‑standing commitment to secure, high‑quality digital engineering for public sector organisations across health and higher education
Shinetech is pleased to announce our acceptance onto the UK Government’s G‑Cloud 15 Digital Marketplace — the central procurement framework that enables public‑sector organisations to access trusted cloud and digital service providers quickly, transparently, and compliantly. This commitment to secure, reliable digital engineering is reflected in the long‑standing partnerships Shinetech has built across health and higher education.
Anthony Dowding, Head of Education Technology at Barts Health NHS Trust says
“We’re delighted to see the progress Shinetech has made over the past decade in supporting Barts Health NHS Trust — spanning major operational shifts pre‑COVID, during the pandemic, and in the years since. They have consistently supported our developments at pace and provide superb development expertise and long‑term stewardship. We cannot speak highly enough of Shinetech’s work with us.”. One example of this partnership is CATQR, Shinetech’s Software‑as‑a‑Service (SaaS) workforce attendance, placement and competency‑management solution. CATQR is used by around 25,000 staff and thousands more university students across The Royal London Hospital, St Bartholomew’s Hospital and other Barts Health hospitals.
Click here to watch a two‑minute video of CATQR in operational use at NHS Nightingale Hospital London — the UK’s first COVID‑19 field hospital — and at COVID‑19 Mass Vaccination Centres, including at London’s ExCeL, the O2, and Westfield Shopping Centres. The accompanying case study explains that the Care Quality Commission (CQC) were particularly impressed by CATQR’s ability to provide real‑time, building‑wide visibility of staff and volunteer presence — a capability they highlighted for its value in evacuation planning and rapid infection‑control tracing.
Andy Landsberg, Cyber Security Manager at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust says
“We have worked with Shinetech Software over many years and are pleased they have achieved the Cyber Essentials Plus certification in recognition of the controls they have in place and the work they undertake to maintain data security, illustrating their adherence to best practice guidelines.”
Click here to watch a three‑minute video of Class Attendance Tracker QR (CATQR) in practice, filmed at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and featuring feedback from resident doctors alongside insights from the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) and Simulation Lead.
Dr Dominic Hurst, Senior Clinical Lecturer and Academic Lead for Student Support at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) says
“CATQR has transformed how we monitor attendance across a large, complex dental school delivering clinical, laboratory and online teaching. What stands out most is the combination of scalability, flexibility and security. The dynamic QR codes — which update continuously — provide confidence that attendance data is accurate and resistant to misuse, something we struggled to achieve with other systems. Importantly, this level of security does not add burden for educators or students, making CATQR a practical and robust solution at institutional scale.”
Click here to view a detailed case study from QMUL’s Institute of Dentistry on how CATQR strengthens attendance monitoring across clinical and academic environments.
CATQR’s long‑standing collaborators also include major acute teaching hospitals such as Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. More recently, CATQR has been selected by Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust — a leading specialist mental health and community services provider — and Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, a leading specialist paediatric provider, further expanding its footprint across diverse clinical, educational and operational environments.
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“It’s great to see the reaction of staff when they use CAT and realise how simple it is to record their attendance – just by scanning a class QR code. Our administrators love it because there is no more manual data entry and spreadsheets to deal with, doing away with all the headaches that come with paper registers!”
Read the Barts Health NHS Trust Case Study
Anthony Dowding
Head of Training Resources and Development, Barts Health NHS Trust, UK
“Fantastic and easy to use! I needed a contactless solution for taking attendance at our small private school when students arrive and leave. We were able to easily purpose CAT to accomplish this and signing in/out of school for teachers and students has never been easier or quicker. Even beyond COVID, we will continue to use this system.”
Read the Score Academy Florida Case Study
C. LeAnn Elder
Head of School, Score Academy Florida, USA
“Having Class Attendance Tracker (CAT) QR has now revolutionised the way our GP registrars (trainees) register their attendance at our teaching sessions, and this would have been an impossible task with our switch to virtual teaching! CAT has made what was previously a clunky administrative process into a simple, streamlined one.”
Read the St Helier GPVTS Case Study
Dr Ravi Seyan
Programme Director, St Helier GP Vocational Training Scheme (GPVTS), UK
"Since the launch of the CAT, our process for recording and reporting attendances has improved immensely. We can easily keep track of our staff and students who can see their CAT attendance record in real-time on our learning portal, it is simple yet elegant. Customer support is excellent and enhancements are implemented quickly."
Read the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Case Study
Alberta Ansong
Digital Learning Lead, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, UK
