Northern Advisory Forum

Jonathan Wood, Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Finance, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the Chair of the Northern 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 Northern Advisory Forum meets quarterly, the next meeting will take place on 19 November 2024.

The last meeting was held on 23 September 2024, topics of discussion included;

• Performance update
• Core List update
• Update on the Sourcing to Launch Improvement Project
• Sustainability update
• Creating a Resilient Supply Chain overview
• Overview of procurement and aggregation opportunities within Diagnostics, Equipment and Services category