| 0915 |
Registration and Coffee |
| Session 1 |
Chairman: Duncan Eaton
Senior Advisor, Associate Parliamentary Health Group |
1000
 |
SETTING THE CONTEXT
Duncan Eaton
Senior Advisor,
Associate Parliamentary Health Group
This session will set the scene by providing a brief summary of the operating environment.
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| 1015 |
NHS FINANCE
Bob Dredge
Senior Fellow, School of Public Policy, Keele University
This session will attempt to set an overview of the current financial position of the NHS. It will explain how funds flow, both current and those proposed for England under the current Bill. It will look in detail at how hospitals are paid and how supplier costs are accommodated and calculated in this payment. It will consider – without prejudice – the immediate future and some supplier responses. |
| 1055 |
NATIONAL PROCUREMENT STRATEGY
Helen MacCarthy
Senior Sector Director for Health, Government Procurement Service
This session will describe the remit of Government Procurement Service as the national procurement organisation for the public sector. |
| 1130 |
Tea and Coffee |
| Session 2 |
Chairman: Neil Argyle
Former Director, NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency |
| 1150 |
THE ROLE OF NHS SUPPLY CHAIN
David Pierpoint
Trading Director, NHS Supply Chain
This session will explain the role and future plans of the leading logistics provider to NHS Trusts. |
| 1225 |
CASE STUDY 1: COLLABORATIVE PROCUREMENT
Fiona Chew
Deputy Director, Strategic Sourcing, Healthcare Trust Europe
This session will explain how collaborative procurement is being managed in a specific region of the NHS. |
| 1300 |
Lunch |
| Session 3 |
Chairman: Neil Argyle
Former Director, NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency |
| 1345 |
ePROCUREMENT IN THE NHS
Andrew Rudd
PASS Consultant and Former Chief Operating Officer,
NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency
This session will explain how the NHS is taking forward the Government's electronic trading strategy. |
| 1420 |
CASE STUDY 2: COLLABORATIVE PROCUREMENT
Caroline Carter-Smith
Acting Head of Customer Relations, NHS CPC
This session will explain how collaborative procurement is being managed in a specific region of the NHS. |
| 1455 |
Tea and Coffee |
| Session 4 |
Chairman: Duncan Eaton
Senior Advisor, Associate Parliamentary Health Group |
| 1515 |
PROCUREMENT WITHIN A MAJOR TRUST
Simon Walsh
Head of Procurement and eCommerce,
Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
This session will demonstrate how a major NHS trust carries out its procurement activity. |
| 1550 |
CASE STUDY 3: COLLABORATIVE PROCUREMENT
Kevin Pritchard
Managing Director of Squadron Medical Ltd
Former Director of Strategic Sourcing, NHS Shared Business Services
The session will explain how collaborative procurement is being managed in a specific region of the NHS. |
| 1625 |
Duncan Eaton Closing Remarks |
| Agenda may be subject to change |
