North East and Yorkshire Advisory Forum

Jonathan Wood, Managing Director, Lancashire and South Cumbria Provider Collaborative is the Chair of the North East and Yorkshire 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 North East and Yorkshire Advisory Forum meets quarterly, with the next meeting scheduled for 1 December.

The last meeting was held on 14 September 2026, topics of discussion included;

• Strengthening Collaboration Across the NHS
• NHS Supply Chain Transformation and Modernisation
• Sharing Best Practice Across the System
• Development of a New Partnership Metrics Dashboard
• Enhancing Resilience Through Clinical Product Segmentation
• ICS and Regional Collaboration