The way the NHS responds to patient safety incidents will change this autumn when the new Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) replaces the current Serious Incident Response Framework.  A series of NHS England webinars has been scheduled to help prepare for the transition.

Please join us for the next webinar in our series of legal updates with Mills & Reeve, which will focus on the Procurement Bill.

This new national agreement has been developed for use in complex and challenging environments, unsuitable for traditional outpatient dispensary services.

Several training opportunities around these priority environmental factors in procurements are being offered by CCF at NHSE via the FutureNHS online platform.

They include webinars on carbon reduction as well as a drop-in session and a new e-learning course on net zero and social value.

We've created a Wound Imaging Solutions web page containing useful resources for members on how wound imaging works and how our framework can benefit patients.

A stakeholder group is being set up as we look towards developing a replacement framework.  The current one expires next year following a final extension.

New suppliers are now live on NHSE's Independent Investigations framework following its annual refresh of providers.

A summary of the latest framework news from the Hub's Corporate Services team.

The East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub's Business Services team has undergone a name change and is now known as Corporate Services.

Join us for a webinar, led by Mills & Reeve, on using the Health Procurement Portal and its benefits.

A national agreement giving trusts and other public bodies access to the provision of regular, reliable, managed appliance prescription services.

Coaching and mentoring are among the wide range of services available to Hub member trusts through our Training & Development Services framework. 

The AdviseInc Procurement Dashboard is an initiative that supports trusts by providing more detailed data on NHS procurements, which in turn may identify opportunities for savings.

NHS England has issued guidance on procurement of linen and laundry services as well as recommendations for actions trusts can take around rising charges.

Online drop-in sessions about Net Zero and Social Value are being hosted by NHS England.

Join the Hub on Monday 24th October for a meeting to share knowledge and experience of using the Commercial Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework (CCIAF).

Member trusts of all the partner organisations making up NHS Procurement in Partnership (NHS PiP) can access a broad range of frameworks within the Estates and Facilities Management category that can support projects from concept to completion.  We explore some of them and ways we can support you.

Register now for the NHS PiP Pharmaceutical Services customer webinar on 12th October.

Register now for the NHS Workforce Alliance Permanent Recruitment 2 customer webinar on Thursday 6th October at 11am. 

NHS Procurement in Partnership (NHS PiP) is here to support our in-trust colleagues in achieving their Net Zero initiatives.

This project harnesses collective buying power to secure benefits for the NHS by combining requirements for spot purchases of items such as desktop computers, laptops, tablets and monitors.  It is a collaborative initiative between NHS England (CCF) and NHS PiP which means EOECPH member trusts have the opportunity to participate because we are one of the four NHS PiP partners.

We can support trusts in reducing water consumption and expenditure, as well as making potentially significant financial recoveries with our Analysis and Reconciliation framework. 

A government funding scheme, aimed at decarbonising public sector buildings, is available to NHS trusts looking to update their old, fossil-fuelled hospital heating systems to ones using cleaner, greener technology.  Bids can be prepared now in readiness for the applications window which is due to open next month.

A fund has been set up to kick-start innovative initiatives or ideas that will improve health and patient care, reduce inequalities and deliver good value, while supporting a more sustainable NHS.

A few years ago, our Business Services team contemplated what the future of health and social care might look like, then thought about the kind of support the sector might need to assist those transitions.  Through these deliberations, EOECPH has created the Transforming Organisations, Partnerships and Systems (Transform) framework.

With decades of experience in the NHS, the Hub's Assistant Director of Procurement (Business Services) acknowledges that change is nothing new but says 'long overdue change is gaining momentum' and she sees some as 'a little piece of magic'.

Also, find out how we can offer trusts further support in the field of patient safety through our Training and Development Services framework.

This new NHS PiP framework offers the provision of safe, efficient pharmaceutical services for trusts and ICSs.

As part of the NHS Workforce Alliance, we can support ICSs in implementing strategies to attract and retain highly valued staff.

Giving UK ambulance trusts access to the provision of Personal Video Devices and Accessories.

The four partner organisations of NHS PiP are working even more closely together, continuing to collaborate and combine expertise and resources for the benefit of the NHS.

Offering safe, efficient and cost-effective provision of services.

Extra suppliers to add a new dimension to service provision.

Find out what the impact will mean for NHS trusts at this NHS PiP event run by NHS LPP.

The Hub is supporting our region in rolling out the AdviseInc Procurement Dashboard, which will provide opportunities for in-depth data analysis, which will complement the high level data available through the Spend Comparison Service. 

'Homecare medicines services can have life-changing impacts on patients,' says Joe Bassett, the Hub's Head of Pharmacy Procurement.

The Hub is hosting two workshops on Social Value Commitments in Procurements on 5th and 11th May.

The Hub’s Pharmacy team has been working on several successful projects to support members in easing pressures on nursing capacity in the delivery of homecare medicines services.

Register now for this free customer webinar on 28th April at noon.

NHS procurement has a vital role to fulfil in reducing harmful carbon emissions and meeting the NHS’s commitment to reach net zero by 2045.  NHS England and NHS Improvement has shared new guidelines on embedding net zero and social value in all NHS procurements.

Our new framework offers customers holistic workforce improvement solutions, managed and delivered strategically and sympathetically to each other.

The Hub is currently looking to fill several procurement specialist roles across the Estates & Digital, Business Services and Workforce divisions.  Applications close 11th April 2022.