NHS Procurement 2022: Achieving Excellence, Value for Money and Improvement
Online Event 14 September 2022, 9:30am - 3:00pm
Day 1
9:30am
Online Registration
10:00am
Chair's Welcome Address
Dr Aris Georgopoulos, Head of Innovation, AI, Strategic and Defence Procurement Research Unit, PPRG Co-Lead of Research Unit on Public Procurement, Human Rights and Social Sustainability, PPRG, School of Law, University of Nottingham
Keynote Address: Addressing and Enhancing NHS’s Procurement Strategy through a Value Based approach
- Brian Mangan's pre-recorded address will be available on Wednesday 21st September.
Brian Mangan FCIPS, VBP Project Lead, NHS Supply Chain, Managing Director, Brian Mangan Associates
10:15am
Keynote Address: From Competition to Collaboration: Procurement in an Integrated Care System landscape
- From Competition to Collaboration: Outline shift from competition to collaboration in governance and commissioning of healthcare services, the role of Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) in facilitating this, the opportunity for redesigning pathways and ‘upstream’ services, and creating a more sustainable health and care system/improving health outcomes
- Wrestling with Decentralisation: Discuss the challenge of local autonomy for ICSs vs. NHS centralisation as well as the delegation of further commissioning powers to ICSs
- Challenges and Opportunities: Review key pieces of policy including the future of the Provider Selection Regime, Cabinet Office Procurement Bill, joint commissioning, changing policy vs. changing behaviour, and the role of provider collaboratives
- Conclude: Summarise key take-aways for the future and what difference patients will see
Edward Jones, Senior Policy Advisor, ICS Network
10:45am
Questions And Answers Session
10:55am
Break And Networking
11:30am
Keynote Address: Advocating Sustainable Procurement Through Global Green and Healthy Hospitals
Arianna Gamba, Circular Healthcare Programme Manager, Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe
11:50am
Procurement for Patients: Partnering With Our Supply Chain to Provide Better Care
- Using procurement as a means to improve operational service and delivery better patient care
- Case study: elastomeric pumps to enable patient to treat their antibiotic treatment at home
- Developing value-based procurement in healthcare organisations
Gary Welch, Director of Procurement & Supply Chain, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH)
12:10pm
Keynote Address: Greener Care, Healthier Population. Building resilience for procurement, patients and the planet.
The session will cover:
- The scale and impact of the throw away society globally, and in the NHS
- Assessing the social value and sustainability impact of products
- Practical examples of using carbon footprinting to support procurement decisions
Clare Nash, Head of Clinical Products Management, Black Country Alliance Procurement
12:30pm
Questions And Answers Session
12:50pm
Lunch And Networking
1:40pm
Case Study: Revolution-ZERO and Net Zero PPE Procurement
- The Importance of Community
- Circular Systems are needed for the delivery of Net Zero Targets
- Evaluation, Accountability and Transparency is critical
Dr Tom Dawson, Founder, Revolution-ZERO
2:00pm
Life Cycle Assessment: Moving Towards Sustainable Procurement of PPE And Single-Use Plastics
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a standardised and widely-adopted methodology to quantify environmental impacts of products.
- LCA can enable sustainable procurement in NHS and healthcare sector.
- Our case studies show that reusable PPEs are environmentally preferable to single-use alternatives
Charnett Chau, UCL Plastic Wast Innovation Hub and Dr Andrea Paulillo, Senior Research Fellow in Life Cycle Assessment and Fluidization Research Group, UCL
2:20pm
Keynote Address: Exploring Factors Influencing Procurement Behaviour and Decision-making
- Introduce procurement research and the qualitative aspects of everyday procurement decision making
- Outline key influencing factors with engaging examples and quotes from procurement decision makers
- Discuss barriers and facilitators to efficiency in purchasing high value items
- Make recommendations for good practice
Dr Harriet Boulding, King's College London
2:40pm
Questions And Answers Session
3:00pm
Chair's Summary And Close