Pulpp.
plan . understand . learn . practice . pass on

Welcome to Pulpp. This site offers a number of open source tools and solutions for use by the NHS and its Suppliers. The tools are aimed to support digital transformation by empowering individuals and teams. Pulpp's tools provide knowledge, templates, guidance, and standards.

Pulpp is a micro-organisation. It was set up to provide a new way for both private and public sector clients to access and share open source information. It is built on the principle of lowering the duplication of effort for suppliers and NHS Trusts when working together. Pulpp is a toolbox offering a wide range of different projects that provide guidance, advice, support, templates, and useful data that can underpin successful projects.

To find out more about Pulpp please visit About Pulpp.

The majority of Pulpp's tools are available for public use under Creative Commons licences. Being open source, Pulpp projects and outputs can be freely (or even commercially) distributed by anyone. Some features of Pulpp are subject to a subscription. The subscription service provides additional support and guidance on using and implementing the tools and prioritised development of new features. Pulpp operates on the basis of subscribers but the outputs will always be freely licensed to the community.

If you are interested in what is included in the subscription please got to the Service Description.

If you would like to purchase a subscription please visit the Pulpp Shop.

You can find out more about each of these tools by following the links to their project home page.

Pulpp Wiki

A simple and effective open source wiki collating all of Pulpp's projects and outputs into a single easy to access location.

Pulpp Library

This is the extension to the Pulpp Wiki that works with community members to build content such as lessons learnt, blueprints, document templates, and requirements.

Pulpp Clarifications

A shared clarification log for suppliers and Trusts looking for programme, procurement, and commercial advice. Answers to questions are shared with the whole community to maximise knowledge sharing.

Pulpp Electronic Services Information (PESI)

A register of supplier details and product descriptions. PESI collates all supplier solutions, saving the need to access individual websites (these can be linked in the template) to find basic summary information about available solutions.

Open Public Contract Information (OPCI)

A register of NHS IT contract information. OPCI is the sister to the PESI project and allows both public and private sectors to better understand the basic contract information needed for planning and engagement in procurement activity.

Pulpp Knowledge Management (PKM)

An opinionated configuration including guidance and template structures for building an open source knowledge base within an organisation using DokuWiki.

Clinikeys

An open standard defining hot-key keyboard shortcuts for clinical systems that allow users to interact with various clinical systems in a standards-based to aide transition and working between systems.

Open Contract Scoring Standard (OCSS)

A standard for scoring a commercial agreement or offer to allows for like-for-like comparisons of commercial agreements and the measurement of 'contract score'.

Pulpp Bookmarks

An easy to use and organised bookmark file that can be imported into any browser and provide access to a wide range of existing digital resources.

Commercial Semantic Versioning (CSV)

A standard for semantic version control of commercial and other critical documents based on Semantic Versioning.

Plain Text Public Sector

This is a simple set of adoptions and justifications for switching public sector services over onto plain text solutions.

Pulpp Simple Social Value

A simple solution to support the adoption of meaningful social value projects into procurements and contracts.

If you would like to learn more about Pulpp, its aims and goals, subscription details, or how it works please use the links below:

About Pulpp - Information on why Pulpp has been set up, its values, goals, and proposed solutions.

Pulpp Service Description - Details on the Pulpp subscription, what's included and community terms.

Pulpp Projects - For an index and overview of all Pulpp Projects.

Pulpp Shop - If you wish to join the community please visit the.

Pulpp Links - To find out more about Pulpp.

If you are interested in receiving the free monthly newsletter please click here. This will give you an idea of how Pulpp operates.

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If all the above interests you and you would like to find out more about how you join our community, just follow the link below and read details on subscribing. For the beta service we are currently working with organisations only; however, if you would like to join as an individual please get in touch and we would be happy to discuss your needs.

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All Pulpp projects are open source. Pulpp acts as the core maintainer on each project but welcomes the input of community members in the ongoing development of the projects.

If you like a project or found it particularly useful, feel free to get in touch and see if you can help to improve it. Head to the Building Pulpp page for more information on getting involved.

If you feel there are issues and would like to request an improvement or provide feedback then please head to the Improve Pulpp page for more details.

Pulpp is set up to be an open source solution that focusses on curating content that can be used by the whole community. If you require bespoke solutions or you wish to discuss commercially sensitive questions please reach out to Clarity (Pulpp's sister organisation owned and operated by me).

Clarity can provide traditional consultancy using Pulpp tools. It is suited to organisations that cannot implement Pulpp services themselves or want to receive specific commercial and procurement advice that is not suitable for open source publication.

Please visit the Clarity Website for more information.