NHS Supply Chain's Customer Board Update
Tuesday 7 February 2012
NHS Supply Chain’s Customer Board was launched in 2011 and held its first meeting in November of the same year. The board is comprised of twenty members and is chaired by Chris Sharratt, who retired from his position as Chief Executive at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust in June 2011 after 40 years of dedicated service to the NHS, and was recently awarded an OBE in the Queen’s New Years honours list.
The Customer Board members are drawn from across the country and provide representation from NHS Chief Executives, Non-Executive Directors, Finance Directors and Senior Clinical and Procurement Manager communities. NHS Supply Chain is represented on the board by Nick Gerrard, CEO of NHS Supply Chain.
The members of the Customer Board are as shown below:
| Customer Board Members |
|---|
| Chairman: Chris Sharratt |
| NHS Supply Chain representative: Nick Gerrard |
David Birnie
Associate Medical Director
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust |
|
David Melbourne
Chief Finance Officer
Birmingham Childrens' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
John Barrett
Non Executive Director
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust |
|
Keith Mahoney
Non-Executive Director
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust |
Kevin Oxley
Commercial Director
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust |
|
Lee Bond
Director of Finance - Turnaround & Strategic Projects
Central Manchester NHS Foundation Trust |
Mario Varela
Managing Director
London Procurement Programme |
|
Mark Roscrow
Assistant Director of Shared Services
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership |
Mike Bell
Clinical Director
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust |
|
Mike Dinan
Director of Finance
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust |
Miles Timperley
Director of Facilities and Services
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
|
Nathan Johnson
Head of Procurement and Commercial Services
University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust |
Neil Cook
Director of Finance
East Cheshire NHS Trust |
|
Steve Shaw
Strategic Commercial Adviser
Department of Health |
Paul O'Connor
Chief Executive
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
|
Philippa Slinger
Chief Executive
Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
Steve Bloomer
Director of Finance and Information
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust |
|
Timothy Fox
Commercial Director
Kent Community Health NHS Trust |
“The Customer Board’s purpose is to allow open and constructive communication between the NHS and NHS Supply Chain, with the ultimate aim of influencing the strategy of NHS Supply Chain to enable greater savings to be delivered to NHS Trusts.” – Chris Sharratt, Chair of NHS Supply Chain’s Customer Board.
In the first meeting the board members agreed that the priority focus areas of the Customer Board are; “Evidence” and “Communications”. Working groups have been established to develop these areas further.
Both of the identified focus areas aim to ensure that NHS Supply Chain presents its opportunities in a way, both with respect to content and channel, that makes it simpler for trusts to see, assess and take-up available opportunities.
The workstreams aim to provide compelling evidence that will allow trusts to realise savings, and the enormous buying power of the NHS to be harnessed providing benefits to all.