NHS Supply Chain

The mission at NHS Supply Chain is to provide an innovative and dedicated end-to-end supply chain service that can meet the needs of every NHS healthcare organisation in England. Through its suite of world-class logistics, procurement and customer support services, NHS Supply Chain aims to provide over £1 billion of savings to the NHS over the next 10 years, enabling customers to release the resources they need to actively focus on the delivery of quality frontline patient care and cost base management. Quality care is at the heart of everything that is delivered at NHS Supply Chain. They support the needs of over 600 hospitals in England, working closely with NHS Trusts to deliver high-quality, original goods across key product categories. They understand the importance of value to customers, and work hard to create partnerships with a range of suppliers to deliver sustainable value to the NHS.

North West Collaborative Procurement Hub

The North West Collaborative Procurement Hub is part of a national initiative from the Department of Health to create collaborative procurement in the NHS. In simple terms, strategic buying for NHS Trusts should result in big savings – £35 million over the next three years is the forecast. The North West Hub (originally Greater Manchester Hub) is also a Pathfinder project, and will act as a pilot scheme to see if the DH's collaborative procurement theories will work. The CPH is wholly owned and funded by the 39 Trusts that are its constituent stakeholders, and is hosted by the North West Ambulance Service. The CPH reports to a Board of 14 members made up of executive and non-executive representation from stakeholder Trusts and PCTs.

MEDILINK

MEDILINK is a non-profit-making organisation which brings together, on a regional basis, medical manufacturing and distribution companies, hospitals and universities to stimulate innovation and drive forward profitable developments in the healthcare technology and systems sector. In September 2006, trusTECH – the North West NHS Innovation Hub – took on management of MEDILINK North West.This is an exciting time for the North West medical technology sector, and initially trusTECH will work to re-establish MEDILINK North West as a stand-alone business that will work to increase profitability in the North West healthcare sector.

Supply2.gov.uk

Supply2.gov.uk is a dynamic new Government-sponsored service designed specifically to give companies easy access to thousands of new lower-value (typically under £100,000) business opportunities offered by the public sector. It even lets you register details about your business free of charge and receive an email alert whenever a contract opportunity that may be of interest to you is published. Whether you are a service provider or product supplier, Supply2.gov.uk is your source for new business opportunities. Through Supply2.gov.uk you can access opportunities available from public sector organisations in your local area completely free of charge. Supply2.gov.uk allows all public sector buyers to promote their lower-value contract opportunities directly through a single portal as well as identifying local businesses that can supply any required products or services. This portal will bring together buyers and suppliers for the first time – and will be the first portal of call for lower-value new business opportunities.