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Suppliers to the NHS need to understand the impact of the unprecedented changes due to affect the NHS in the near future – some of which are still in their infancy – and their implications for the future use of resources. This conference will provide an opportunity to hear from a variety of speakers who will provide an insight into how the NHS and health care procurement will operate in the future.

The establishment of GP Clinical Commissioning Groups, the new NHS Commissioning Board, the revised roles of Monitor and the Care Quality Commission, the expansion of Foundation Trust numbers, Social Enterprise status for trusts and the increasing involvement of the private health care sector are just some of the major changes that will have a significant impact on suppliers. At the same time, the NHS procurement landscape continues to evolve.

NHS Supply Chain and the Government Procurement Service are major organisations operating nationally in their respective sectors while, at regional level, Collaborative Procurement Hubs are developing, disappearing, merging, forming partnerships or even becoming privately owned. It is important for suppliers to understand what these changes mean for the way in which the NHS does business.

In addition, expert speakers will provide their views on the NAO Reports The Procurement of Consumables by NHS Acute and Foundation Trusts and Managing High Value Capital Equipment, the follow-up reports by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee. This subject was also under the spotlight in September 2011 in an episode of Radio 4’s File on Four programme.

Suppliers need to understand the complexity of these developing procurement relationships in order to win business and establish good working relationships with the NHS.

If you wish to supply to the NHS, you
cannot afford to miss this conference.

The GO NHS Procurement Conference 2012 will give you the opportunity to learn about the key issues from experts and leading practitioners in the field of health care procurement.