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Nurses Leading Sustainable Procurement
Michelle Johnson shared how nurses and midwives are uniquely positioned to lead the NHS’s sustainability journey through smarter procurement.
Honoured To Become a Queens Nurse: Simon Hall Champions Holistic Care in the Community
In recognition of the dedicated work, Simon Hall, our Head of Clinical Rehabilitation and Community has done in community nursing, he was recently awarded the title of Queens Nurse.
Celebrating Allied Health Professions Day – 14 October 2025
Colleagues in the field reflect on their careers within the Allied Health Professionals community.
Clinical Community Spotlight
Every month we’re sharing an insight into the vast range of clinical and non-clinical expertise which makes up our Clinical Community.
This month we’re featuring Aimee Caddick, our Clinical Care Pathway Manager for the West Midlands region.
Aimee qualified as a registered adult nurse in 2007, a career she had dreamed of since the age of 5 years old. Having always had an interest in Haematology/Oncology nursing her career has included Day Case treatment of malignant disease, running an apheresis (stem-cell collection) unit, administering chemotherapy to patients in their own homes and running a patient support programme for patients with Multiple Myeloma.
Aimee joined NHS Supply Chain in September 2022 as a Clinical Nurse Advisor within the central region. Through the Strengthen to Simplify changes within the business, Aimee was successful in securing the role of Clinical Care Pathway Manager for the West Midlands region – forming part of the Care Pathway team. Aimee also has a keen interest in sustainability and is a Sustainability Champion for the business as well as internally within the Care Pathway team.
The Care Pathway team is dedicated to promoting Value Based Healthcare at both NHS provider and Integrated Care Systems (ICS) system level and driving the adoption of innovative products supporting the Innovation team.
See our Useful Links section to find out more about Aimee’s role as Clinical Care Pathway Manager for the West Midlands region.
Collaborative Expertise: Clinical Community across four directorates
NHS Supply Chain is supported by a specialist leadership group known as the Clinical Community. This diverse group brings together healthcare professionals with a wide range of qualifications – such as nurses, midwives, and allied health professionals including physiotherapists, operating department practitioners, and paramedics. They work in close collaboration with colleagues who contribute extensive experience from the NHS, industry, specialist healthcare products, and procurement.
All focused on how to support the NHS to deliver high quality clinical patient care.
The Clinical Community operates across four directorates – Clinical, Commercial, Strategy and Change, and Customer Engagement – ensuring a well-rounded, strategic approach to supporting NHS priorities.
Clinical
- Innovation
- Patient Safety
- Clinical Professional Standards
- Regulatory Compliance
- Clinical Operations and Development
Commercial
- Medical Technology
- Medical and Consumables
- Diagnostic Equipment and Services
Customer Engagement
- Voice of the Customer
- Care Pathway
- Out of Hospital Care
Strategy and Change
- Inventory Management Systems