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Main Event Sponsor – NHS Supply Chain

With the challenge ahead for the NHS to deliver £20 billion in savings by the end of the financial year 2014-15 and £1.2 billion to come from improving procurement, this now needs to be considered as a strategic priority. NHS Supply Chain is positioned as a national provider to work alongside trusts to respond to the evolving landscape.

NHS Supply Chain provides a wide range of healthcare products and customer focused supply chain services to the UK NHS. Our aim is to provide more than £1 billion of savings to the NHS, so resources can be released for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations to focus on quality frontline patient care, managing costs and achieving sustainable value.

We provide end-to-end supply chain services incorporating the procurement, sourcing and delivery of over 600,000, supported by our eCommerce systems and customer and supplier support.

NHS Supply Chain
W est Way, Cotes Park Industrial Estate, Alfreton DE55 4QJ
Tel: 01773 724000
Website: www.supplychain.nhs.uk

Main Event Sponsor –
Singers Healthcare Finance

Since the inception of NHS operating leasing in 1996, Singers Healthcare Finance Limited has established itself as one of the UK's leading providers of leasing solutions to the NHS. As an approved supplier to the NHS Supply Chain framework, we understand the need to ensure an effective and efficient procurement service.

Today, the business designs, builds and implements on and off-balance sheet asset-based funding solutions for all types of medical equipment. Our experience crosses all medical disciplines with significant expertise in radiology, oncology, endoscopy and critical care. We also provide funding for non-medical assets including hotel services and estates that are essential to support day-to-day hospital operations. Our team, dedicated solely to health care finance, have an in-depth knowledge and understanding of these equipment needs and a track record of delivering solutions.

Our aim is to build long-term relationships with NHS Trusts, which includes assisting in the planning of future equipment purchases and replacement programmes. These successful partnerships schedule the finance of equipment, lock into competitive interest rates and support the trust during the whole life of the equipment through upgrades or extensions at the end of lease.

These are some of the reasons why over 70% of NHS Trusts currently lease with Singers.

Find out more by contacting us as follows:

Freephone: 0800 032 3638 
Email:  healthcare@singershf.co.uk
Website: www.singershf.co.uk

Delegate Bag Sponsor – Smart Use

Smart Use is a Microsoft Dynamics reseller with the experience and capacity to implement sophisticated business solutions including the full range of Microsoft Dynamics Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). The Smart Use solution focuses on the supply chain expertise within your organisation.

The Smart Use system has been designed specifically for healthcare inventory challenges. Its intelligent Inventory management capabilities have a positive impact on the procurement and replenishment of products, ensuring the best use of financial and staffing resources, thereby returning significant cost and efficiency savings. We offer a scalable, flexible and open solution that adapts to the requirements of any number of departments or organisations within the NHS.

The system encompasses a range of data capture devices appropriate to each environment, ensuring that the system and process works in all areas. This enables the solution to be implemented widely without enforcing a prescriptive process in any one area.

Gala Dinner Sponsor – peto.co.uk

Peto is focused on providing open, independent and dynamic markets to the NHS. We provide technology, insight and communities to enhance the interaction between NHS Buyers and Suppliers like never before.

In autumn 2011 Peto will launch the first product and price comparison website for NHS Buyers and Suppliers. We’ll provide Suppliers with a new way to communicate more effectively and efficiently to the whole NHS buying community. For Buyers, Clinicians and Trust Management, our product and price comparison website will enable you to:

• search and compare products in an open market
• access independent and trusted product and supplier reviews
• seek best value by assessing alternative and substitute products
• view historical price trends and today’s market price
• be part of a community that shares ideas and insight
• have up-to-date news, views and market information

We look forward to seeing you at the conference. www.peto.co.uk.

Gala Drinks Reception Sponsor – ABHI: Advancing Access to Medical Technology

The ABHI is the industry association for the UK medical device sector. We promote the rapid adoption of medical devices to ensure optimum patient outcomes throughout the UK. ABHI champions the benefits and use of safe and effective medical technologies to deliver high-quality patient outcomes.

ABHI advocates policies which allow members to operate in favourable business environments in the UK and international markets with appropriate Regulations and Standards and Ethics and Principles.

Our membership includes some of the leading multinational businesses in the sector in the UK right the way through to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The UK medical technology sector is made up of over 3000 companies employing 55,000 people.

Media Sponsor – Government Opportunities (GO)

Government Opportunities (GO) provides unrivalled insight into the constantly changing world of public procurement, public finance and public service delivery. It aims to provide anyone buying for or supplying to the public sector with the latest news, views, information and analysis of this multibillion-pound marketplace. GO is designed to be interactive and inclusive, bringing together communities with a shared interest in delivering efficient, effective procurement and high-quality public services. It recognises the crucial role that those working in the public, private and third sectors play in achieving this aim and is unique in its undiluted focus on these areas. Above all, GO is a place where everyone with a stake in public service delivery can contribute to the debate about where its future lies. We welcome your posts and any feedback you have about the site’s content, please visit www.govopps.co.uk