Midlands Advisory Forum

David Melbourne, ICB Chief Executive, NHS Birmingham and Solihull is the Chair of the Midlands Advisory Forum.

At each meeting members discuss NHS Supply Chain performance, improvement plans, landscape changes, share best practice and decide the key issues that should be discussed by the National Advisory Board.

The Midlands Advisory Forum meets quarterly, the next meeting will take place on 5 June 2025. Future meetings are scheduled for;

• 23 September 2025
• 27 November 2025

The last meeting was held on 6 March 2025, topics of discussion included;

• Update from the National Board
• Core List update
• Midlands Regional update
• Key Learnings from GOJO Disruption
• Inventory Management System (IMS) Update
• National Equipment Tracking and Inventory System (NETIS)