| 0915 |
Registration and Coffee |
Session 1 – Chairman: Duncan Eaton
Former Chief Executive, NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency |
| 1000 |
SETTING THE CONTEXT
Duncan Eaton
Former Chief Executive, NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency |
| 1015 |
PUBLIC SECTOR FINANCE – ITS IMPACT ON THE NHS
Bob Dredge
Senior Fellow, School of Public Policy, Keele University
- Describing the current and future financial situation
|
| 1045 |
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROCUREMENT,
INVESTMENT AND COMMERCIAL DIVISION
Steve Shaw
Strategic Commercial Advisor, Department of Health
- Describing national procurement policy
|
| 1115 |
Tea and Coffee |
Session 2 – Chairman: Neil Argyle
Former Director, NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency |
| 1140 |
PROCUREMENT WITHIN A MAJOR TRUST
Simon Walsh
Head of Procurement and eCommerce,
Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Explaining how procurement operates within a major Trust
|
| 1210 |
A NEW CONCEPT FOR PROCUREMENT IN THE WEST MIDLANDS
Fiona Chew
Deputy Director, Strategic Sourcing, Healthcare Purchasing Consortium
- Plans for procurement in the West Midlands
|
| 1240 |
Lunch |
Session 3 – Chairman: Neil Argyle
Former Director, NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency |
| 1330 |
A VIEW FROM INDUSTRY
Howard Tebby
Hospital Commercial Development Team Manager, Pfizer Ltd
- How procurement operates from the perspective of a key supplier
|
| 1400 |
ePROCUREMENT IN THE NHS
Andrew Rudd
Former Chief Operating Officer, NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency
- Describing electronic trading and information gathering systems within the NHS
|
| 1430 |
Tea and Coffee |
Session 4 – Chairman: Duncan Eaton
Former Chief Executive, NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency |
| 1450 |
THE ROLE OF THE NORTH WEST
COLLABORATIVE COMMERCIAL AGENCY
Peter Akid
Chief Executive, North West Collaborative Commercial Agency
|
| 1520 |
OPEN FORUM |
| 1540 |
Close |
| Agenda may be subject to change |
