Thursday 19 July 2018We are making essential changes that will involve the introduction of unique district identifiers across all customers
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Wednesday 27 June 2018We would like to share with you our plans for the August Bank Holiday.
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Wednesday 16 May 2018We will not be producing our printed catalogue this year
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Tuesday 15 May 2018Steve Graham, eProcurement/Scan4Safety lead at the DHSC and Gillian Fox, head of the eProcurement programme at NHS Supply Chain talk to National Health Executive magazine about the ways NHS providers and suppliers can simplify data management.
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Friday 4 May 2018It's been a great year for the procurement and supplies team at Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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Thursday 22 March 2018On NHS Sustainability Day, read about how our London Consolidation Centre has reduced the environmental impact of deliveries to customers.
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Wednesday 7 March 2018NHS Supply Chain operates the HCTED programme on behalf of NHS England. Read all about how the programme is progressing in this update from NHS England.
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Thursday 8 February 2018Read how much you have helped us raise for Rainbows Hospice and how you will be making a difference
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Tuesday 6 February 2018Clinical nurse advisor Emma Nuttall speaks to National Health Executive magazine about the role she has helping trusts meet Lord Carter’s efficiency challenge and why it needs to be done.
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Thursday 7 December 2017Why it’s important to return our roll cages at Christmas.
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Thursday 16 November 2017Mark Vallentine, Implementation Manager, NHS Supply Chain gives his thoughts on successful low-cost or no-cost change in hospital supply chain teams.
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Wednesday 15 November 2017We would like to share with you our plans for the Christmas/New Year bank holiday.
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Thursday 9 November 2017Unlocking investment in Capital equipment, replace aging assets and generate savings by utilising our Strategic Investment Planning service
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Thursday 12 October 2017Are you interested in hearing how you can drive savings through collaboration?
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Monday 2 October 2017We are pleased to announce the publication of the latest edition of our National Catalogue
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Monday 2 October 2017To support the Department for Health's Scan4Safety initaitive we are making changes to our delivery labels and documentation as part of our compliance journey
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Tuesday 26 September 2017We are making changes to our processes and systems in line with the DH Scan4Safety programme
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Tuesday 19 September 2017On Wednesday night representatives from NHS Supply Chain and Barts Health NHS Foundation Trust were in a packed room of procurement professionals in London for the Chartered Institute of Procurement (CIPS) Supply Management Awards 2017.
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Tuesday 12 September 2017To ensure that we continue to deliver a consistent customer service, we undertake a monthly telephone survey.
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Thursday 7 September 2017The High Cost Tariff-Excluded Devices (HCTED) programme is hosting two panel discussions at NHS England’s Health & Care Expo in Manchester.
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Wednesday 30 August 2017It’s been over a year since NHS England’s High-Cost Tariff-Excluded Devices (HCTED) programme was launched.
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Wednesday 9 August 2017We would like to share with you our plans for the August bank holiday.
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Monday 24 July 2017We are pleased to announce the launch of our 2015-16 Sustainable Development Report.
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Wednesday 12 July 2017NHS Improvement and NHS BSA delivered an NCP customer webinar on Friday 7 July
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Wednesday 14 June 2017We have been shortlisted with Barts Health NHS Trust for this year's Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply awards for our work together on a product switching project.
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Friday 9 June 2017To support you in maximising the benefits of leasing, we are able to offer a range of solutions.
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Tuesday 23 May 2017Last year our first business-wide campaign for our Charity of Choice, Macmillan, was ‘Your Nurse, Your Hour’.
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Tuesday 23 May 2017Did you know that NHS Supply Chain currently has over 200 suppliers committed to labour standards assurance through their contract conditions?
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Sunday 14 May 2017Aggregating maintenance requirements at point of sale could drive further savings.
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Tuesday 11 April 2017Working with you to maximise the savings opportunities available when renewing your maintenance contract on time.
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Tuesday 28 March 2017We are beginning a journey of change for our website to make it easier for you to find the information you are looking for
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Thursday 23 March 2017To help our Buyers find out more about ethical procurement, Stephanie Gibney, Ethical and Sustainability Manager at NHS Supply Chain set up a series of experience exchanges to talk about the work NHS Supply Chain is doing.
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Wednesday 22 March 2017On Tuesday night representatives from NHS Supply Chain and City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust were in a packed room of procurement professionals in Manchester for the Government Opportunities (GO) Excellence in Public Procurement Awards.
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Tuesday 21 March 2017We’re pleased to be supporting NHS Sustainability Day on Thursday 23 March 2017
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Monday 30 January 2017Multi Trust Aggregation (MTA) is now a familiar concept in relation to the procurement of capital equipment.
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Thursday 26 January 2017We are moving to a single edition of our printed catalogue a year
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Monday 23 January 2017NHS Procurement leads joined the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) and NHS Supply Chain to talk about the 24 Category Strategies and the Trusted Customer programme.
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Friday 16 December 2016With the new year upon us we’d like to take the opportunity for NHS Supply Chain to wish you all a happy and prosperous 2017!
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Thursday 24 November 2016Have you returned your roll cages?
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Thursday 24 November 2016Find out more about Karen Hudson, NHS Supply Chain’s Lead Clinical Advisor for the North.
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Thursday 24 November 2016Best practice in procurement quality and safety event
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Friday 18 November 2016Insights from our latest webinar on the different options open to the NHS to finance medical equipment and unlock investment.
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Thursday 20 October 2016NHS Trusts successfully transition to the new ordering system for high-cost medical devices for specialised services and celebrate good practice.
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Tuesday 18 October 2016NHS Supply Chain have recently renewed their Framework Agreement for Maintenance, Repair and Calibration of Medical Equipment.
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Monday 17 October 2016One year on from the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act, the issue of slavery and human trafficking remains high on the agenda for Government and businesses alike.
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Monday 26 September 2016We will be closed for deliveries and ordering on 26 and 27 December and 2 January.
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Tuesday 23 August 2016NHS Core List aims to achieve best value by reducing product and price variations for everyday products that the NHS purchases
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Monday 8 August 2016Since March 2012, over £61 million in incremental savings have been delivered back to the NHS through the DH Capital Equipment Fund.
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Thursday 21 July 2016This year’s Procure4Health Conference took place in Birmingham on July 13
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Friday 15 July 2016Important new process coming August 2016
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Friday 8 July 2016We would like to share with you our plans for the August bank holiday.
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Friday 1 July 2016This year’s annual NHS Confederation Conference took place in Manchester from the 15 to 17 June 2016
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Tuesday 28 June 2016Next phase offers national savings of up to £2.87m*
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Monday 13 June 2016To continue the drive for cash releasing savings, a change in approach to standardise, aggregate and commit volume has been agreed with NHSBSA
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Wednesday 1 June 2016We are committed to supporting the implementation of the Department of Health's eProcurement strategy.
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Wednesday 25 May 2016Each year NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) and NHS Supply Chain conduct a joint annual Customer Satisfaction Survey
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Wednesday 25 May 2016Saving £1.1m – why effective clinical engagement and our dedicated onsite resource was key for Aintree University Hospital NHS FT
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Wednesday 25 May 2016Finance Faculty Procurement Forum Review
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Wednesday 25 May 2016The collective expertise and purchasing power of two leading NHS collaborations, the Shelford Group and the Working Together Programme, lead our savings delivery on syringes and needles
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Wednesday 27 April 2016The DH Consumables Fund has delivered £840k cash releasing savings through national volume commitment on high use product lines
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Wednesday 27 April 2016We recently updated the software currently installed on all eDC handheld (PDA) devices
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Wednesday 13 April 2016Read the NHS England announcement here
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Tuesday 12 April 2016We would like to share with you our plans for the spring bank holidays.
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Friday 1 April 2016If you haven't already ordered your copy of the April 2016 National Catalogue, find out how you can receive one with your next order.
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Wednesday 16 March 2016NHS Supply Chain launches a renewed and updated Architectural Surgical Medical Systems Framework (ASMS).
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Friday 11 March 2016Optimise inventory, minimise waste, save more
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Wednesday 9 March 2016NHS procurement 'Swap Shop' saves £850,000
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Tuesday 8 March 2016The NHS Supply Chain Customer Board will be renamed the NHS Customer Board and facilitated by the NHS Business Services Authority.
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Wednesday 24 February 2016Appointment of Tim Slater as CEO NHS Supply Chain
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Thursday 11 February 2016An independent report for the Department of Health by Lord Carter of Coles
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Tuesday 9 February 2016NHS Supply Chain awarded the Corporate Certification Standard from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS)
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Tuesday 9 February 2016Radiotherapy community comes together to discuss the future delivery of UK radiotherapy services
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Tuesday 2 February 2016Aintree University Hospital NHS FT procurement partnership saves £1.1m
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Monday 11 January 2016Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust achieves over £213,000 in recurrent savings through a prompt settlement discount scheme.
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Friday 8 January 2016New Imaging, Radiotherapy and Endoscopy National Framework is live
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Wednesday 9 December 2015Varian Medical Systems issues a press release to announce their agreement with NHS Supply Chain to supply 20 TrueBeam cancer treatment systems.
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Tuesday 8 December 2015Working with Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust FT, generating £10k of savings on consultant microscopes in under two weeks
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Friday 4 December 2015Update on the Government Consultation – Transparency in Supply Chains Clause
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Friday 4 December 2015How you can help us maintain our service during the busy period.
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Friday 4 December 2015HCSA 2015 – Passionate about Procurement
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Thursday 3 December 2015The Health Service Journal supplement on capital medical equipment asset management provides innovative and useful insights on how the NHS could make efficiencies.
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Tuesday 10 November 2015Is your kit covered? Stay ahead of the April Maintenance renewal rush.
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Tuesday 3 November 2015Our CEO Nick Gerrard introduces a special supplement on our Customer Board
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Monday 19 October 2015Collaborative approach reduces risk for patients and staff while generating over £630,000 of savings at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
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Tuesday 13 October 2015Every year we invite our customers to take part in our annual Customer Satisfaction Survey to find out how they think we are doing in delivering savings and offering a great service.
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Thursday 1 October 2015We have consolidated two frameworks that will run for three years with an option to extend.
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Thursday 1 October 2015We are pleased to announce the latest edition of our National Catalogue is now available
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Monday 21 September 2015NHS Supply Chain’s customers are on track to unlock £150m cash releasing savings from procurement by March 2016, with £100m1 already delivered.
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Monday 21 September 2015Key opinion leaders, radiologists and clinical staff across England were involved in the study
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Friday 18 September 2015Representing the largest tender ever undertaken in the NHS Orthopaedic market, our new framework provides the English NHS with its first and only complete national procurement and supply chain solution, offering a single lot allowing compliant discounts across 14 categories.
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Wednesday 2 September 2015Stephanie McCarthy, Clinical Procurement Nurse Specialist at Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, organised a clinical swap shop, saving her trust thousands of pounds.
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Tuesday 1 September 2015New price reductions are now available across more product categories through new commitment deals from the DH Consumables Fund.
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Friday 28 August 2015We have reduced prices by 19% on ink and toner products.
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Tuesday 25 August 2015Organising emergency deliveries to Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Wednesday 5 August 2015In our new report, we outline our commitment invested in delivering both cost savings and co-sustainability benefits to trusts.
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Thursday 30 July 2015Trusts are seeing the savings that can be made (up to 23%) by switching in this key area.
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Tuesday 28 July 2015We would like to share with you our plans for the summer bank holiday.
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Monday 27 July 2015The CCG identified that an investment in innovative diagnostic equipment will reduce health inequalities.
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Monday 27 July 2015Voted the no.1 support tool by nurses in a Nursing Times Survey run last December* over 125 trusts have now ordered our free traffic light support system.
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Wednesday 22 July 2015We are working to align NPCs for Orthopaedic products to remove duplicate codes.
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Tuesday 21 July 2015See how we are working with our customers to offer great value and help improve patient outcomes with the nutrition they need.
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Friday 26 June 2015The latest medical equipment technology can save lives - find out more about
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Wednesday 24 June 2015Empowering your clinicians to get involved and support Lord Carter’s drive to unlock efficiencies in Orthopaedic procurement.
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Thursday 11 June 2015NHS Supply Chain welcomes Lord Carter’s interim report.
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Tuesday 9 June 2015With cash releasing savings so far of £81m1 we are on target to deliver £150m by April 2016 working closely with our customers and suppliers.
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Friday 5 June 2015We are proud to be supporting World Environment Day (WED) - a global day of action designated by UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme).
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Thursday 4 June 2015Our Framework for defibrillators provides equipment that can be used in the community.
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Monday 1 June 2015At the recent HFMA Finance Directors Forum, Suzanne Tracey co-hosted, a plenary session with David Pierpoint Chain to discuss procurement, the challenges that trusts are currently facing and some of the potential solutions.
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Monday 1 June 2015Voted the no.1 support tool by nurses in a Nursing Times Survey run last December* over 50 trusts have now ordered our free traffic light support system.
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Tuesday 19 May 2015Achieving reduced lengths of stay, re-admissions and mortality is a key part of the quality strategy at Wirral University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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Wednesday 29 April 2015We are bringing together our existing Orthopaedics Frameworks into one all-inclusive Framework.
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Wednesday 29 April 2015We recently worked with Alison Hopkins, Chief Executive of Accelerate CIC to revisit her key learnings from the project and to learn more about how, two years on, they are still working to 2010 budgets.
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Monday 27 April 2015This April, we are launching our Compare and Save programme which has been developed in response to the increasing financial challenges and constraints that you face on a daily basis.
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Friday 24 April 2015…but did you renew your Capital Maintenance contract on time?
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Friday 24 April 2015Mandie Sunderland talks about her work with NHS Supply Chain, the CPSN and the RCN.
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Wednesday 1 April 2015We are pleased to announce the latest edition of our National Catalogue is now available
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Monday 30 March 2015In order to help shape the small changes, big differences campaign we wanted to hear from nurses themselves. Over 850 nurses replied took part in our survey.
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Friday 27 March 2015We have worked with customers to understand how they have engaged these stakeholders to make efficiencies quickly and help improve overall patient outcomes.
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Tuesday 24 March 2015Supporting nurses deliver on-going efficiencies in the purchase and use of clinical supplies with the Traffic Light Support System.
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Tuesday 24 March 2015The small changes, big differences campaign has been developed to help drive savings and promote patient safety with product quality and patient care being key factors.
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Monday 16 March 2015Nutrition and Hydration week takes place March 16-22, 2015.
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Wednesday 11 March 2015The Department of Health has launched the third phase of the NHS Procurement Atlas of Variation.
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Wednesday 4 March 2015We are here to help with your Maintenance contract renewals, simplifying the process to avoid lapsed equipment cover, and avoid unplanned expense due to breakdowns.
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Wednesday 4 March 2015We are signing up as a supporting organisation on the NHS Sustainability Day of Action website with the following pledges.
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Monday 2 March 2015We would like to share with you our plans for the spring bank holidays.
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Wednesday 11 February 2015NHS Supply Chain is proud to be shortlisted for the Government Opportunities (GO) Excellence in Public Procurement Awards 2015/16 which will take place on 26 February 2015.
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Friday 30 January 2015Read the January issue of Clinical Services Journal to read the discussion.
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Monday 19 January 2015A range to help the NHS achieve greater efficiencies on everyday consumables
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Tuesday 23 December 2014The Department of Health is currently reviewing how it can assist trusts to get best value across the whole of their £22bn non-pay spend given the financial pressures that the NHS is facing. The NHS Supply Chain contract is part of this review.
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Thursday 18 December 2014Finding different ways to achieve savings.
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Monday 1 December 2014How you can help us maintain our service during the busy period.
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Thursday 27 November 2014In the latest issue of the British Orthopaedic Association’s (BOA) Journal of Trauma & Orthopaedics, we talk about the drive on efficiencies that can help clinicians enable cost savings, whilst maintaining high standards of care.
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Thursday 27 November 2014Businesses and commercial organisations from the North West gathered in Blackpool last month to meet with NHS Procurement experts.
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Thursday 27 November 2014Over 200 trusts are now part of the £5.8m* potential national savings on desktop stationery
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Thursday 27 November 2014On 13 November The Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt addressed NHS managers through his King’s fund speech, calling on the NHS to work together to deliver the efficiency challenge outlined in the NHS Five Year Forward View.
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Monday 24 November 2014The HCSA annual conference in Central Manchester brought NHS procurement professionals together for two days of thought provoking and insightful sessions.
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Friday 7 November 2014This second release shows the differences in the amount hospitals pay for the same range of everyday items as featured in the first release including catheters, gloves and needles, but will contain refreshed data.
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Thursday 6 November 2014Our inventory management solution, eDC Gold, was highly commended at the 2014 Building Better Healthcare awards in London this week.
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Tuesday 4 November 2014Research has shown that nurses spend on average four hours per week searching for missing supplies, which is equivalent to 23 days per year1.
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Wednesday 29 October 2014The independent Clinical Reference Group (CRG) for the Programme was fundamental in obtaining a regional consensus on the most feasible product categories for standardisation.
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Monday 20 October 2014Find discontinued lines and their potential alternatives* on our website and online catalogue
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Wednesday 15 October 2014Be part of the £5.8m* potential national savings on desktop stationery
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Wednesday 1 October 2014In 2011, the Public Accounts Committee and the National Audit Office both raised concerns regarding the NHS’s fragmented approach to buying/procuring high value capital equipment. With the NHS spending approximately £500m per year on capital equipment, the potential for savings was considerable.
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Tuesday 16 September 2014We are continuing to work closely with our suppliers to drive further efficiencies in eight key areas.
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Wednesday 3 September 2014NHS Trusts save £4m on ultrasound through the DH Fund
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Tuesday 26 August 2014Backed by the Department of Health and the Cabinet Office, our comparative savings opportunities programme has delivered £1.6m savings2 in 2014.
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Wednesday 20 August 2014SMEs represent 27% of sales across NHS Supply Chain’s full contract portfolio
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Tuesday 19 August 2014We are pleased to announce a one-off rebate scheme for our top 100 trusts by transactional spend value, throughout August and September 2014
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Monday 28 July 2014NHS Procurement Atlas of Variation
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Thursday 24 July 2014Read Mandie Sunderland's interview in the RCN's monthly bulletin
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Wednesday 23 July 2014Capital Solutions achieved savings of over £40 million
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Wednesday 23 July 2014With the launch of the eProcurement strategy by the Department of Health in May, the topic of in-trust supply chain efficiencies for clinical supplies has been given much needed visibility.
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Tuesday 8 July 2014Using the DH Capital Equipment Fund, trusts have saved over £7,500 on each machine.
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Wednesday 25 June 2014Working closely with our suppliers, we have saved the NHS £18m cash releasing savings.
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Monday 23 June 2014We are pleased to announce price reductions across our Ink and Toner range, resulting in an average saving of 9%*.
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Wednesday 18 June 2014There is an estimated £1 billion of the national NHS budget attributed to consignment stock...
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Wednesday 18 June 2014Underpinning the delivery of £150m cash releasing savings to March 2016.
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Monday 2 June 2014We have lowered prices on Audiological Implantable Devices by £77k
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Tuesday 27 May 2014Nationally we have lowered prices on Hearing Aids by £1.69m resulting in an average saving of 2.8% on selected lines
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Thursday 22 May 2014Mid Cheshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust opens the door to long-term efficiencies through smarter consignment stock management.
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Wednesday 21 May 2014Working with suppliers, prices are already lower than Tesco*.
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Wednesday 23 April 2014We are pleased to announce the Capital Solutions have moved offices.
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Friday 11 April 2014As part of NHS Supply Chain’s strategic review we are now nearing completion of changes to our supply chain network.
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Thursday 27 March 2014To meet this challenge we are working in collaboration with our suppliers on joint cost reduction initiatives.
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Wednesday 19 February 2014A special report in HSJ addressed the Issue of ageing Capital medical equipment.
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Thursday 6 February 2014In response to the Innovation Health report published in 2011, NHS England are introducing a National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) compliance regime for the funding direction attached to the NICE technology appraisals.
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Tuesday 21 January 2014We worked with the trust to help deliver savings for Theatres.
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Monday 2 December 2013Nottingham save over £800,000 in delivering their world class radiotherapy project.
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Thursday 24 October 2013We have changed the layout of our Contract Information pages to bring all relevant information in to one place.
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Thursday 17 October 2013Mid Cheshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust opens the door to long-term efficiencies through smarter consignment stock management.
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Tuesday 25 June 2013The 11 May 2013 deadline for trusts to have a robust work plan in place to meet the EU Safer Sharps directive has now passed.
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Friday 21 June 2013The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust invited NHS Supply Chain's supply chain review team to give a fresh perspective on their supply chain strategic and operational management.
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Wednesday 15 May 2013Packaging review saves nearly 1,000 pallets to achieve supply chain efficiencies and avoid price increases to customers on clinical waste containers.
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Tuesday 19 February 2013NHS Supply Chain is working with suppliers to ensure all meat matches what is on the contents label. At this time we are not aware of any issue affecting our supply chain and will update you further should the situation change.
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Monday 11 February 2013The UK Food Standards Agency and UK DEFRA are investigating the meat contents of chilled and frozen food and at this time, we are not aware of this issue affecting our supply chain.
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Monday 28 May 2012Guidance aimed at improving procurement across the healthcare system has been published by the Department of Health.
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