SPEAKERS
Colin CramFormer Chief Executive, North West Centre of Excellence and Director, Marc1
09:25
Colin Cram has held senior positions in the public sector for the past 30 years, including central (including the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury) and local government, higher education and the wider public sector. He has been responsible throughout for initiating and implementing innovative strategies for procurement, shared services, outsourcings and organisational re-engineering. Savings from his initiatives exceed £1bn.
Colin has created and managed several pioneering joint and shared service procurement organisations, influencing spend of up to £7bn a year. He was a founder member of the Central Unit on Purchasing (the forerunner of the Office of Government Commerce), created and led the Research Councils' Procurement Organisation, the Benefits Agency Contracts Organisation and was First Director of the North Western Universities' Purchasing Consortium. Latterly, he was Director of the North West Centre of Excellence, creating and delivering collaborative opportunities in procurement and shared services for 47 local authorities.
A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, Colin has been appointed a senior adviser to the Office of Government Commerce and is a member of SOLACE (Society of Local Authority Chief Executives). He is a regular speaker at national and international conferences and training events, and is a regular contributor to professional journals. He has been a member of European working groups on Procurement, Innovation and Sustainability. He runs a successful consultancy, Marc1 Ltd.
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Beth Loudon
Colin has created and managed several pioneering joint and shared service procurement organisations, influencing spend of up to £7bn a year. He was a founder member of the Central Unit on Purchasing (the forerunner of the Office of Government Commerce), created and led the Research Councils' Procurement Organisation, the Benefits Agency Contracts Organisation and was First Director of the North Western Universities' Purchasing Consortium. Latterly, he was Director of the North West Centre of Excellence, creating and delivering collaborative opportunities in procurement and shared services for 47 local authorities.
A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, Colin has been appointed a senior adviser to the Office of Government Commerce and is a member of SOLACE (Society of Local Authority Chief Executives). He is a regular speaker at national and international conferences and training events, and is a regular contributor to professional journals. He has been a member of European working groups on Procurement, Innovation and Sustainability. He runs a successful consultancy, Marc1 Ltd.
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National QIPP Procurement Workstream Programme Lead, Department of Health
09:30
Beth is currently programme managing the Department of Health's response to the QIPP (Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention) requirement to gain efficiencies through procurement across the healthcare system.
Previously, Beth managed the transition of the Pharmacy Unit of the erstwhile NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (NHS PASA) into the NHS Commercial Medicines Unit and wasresponsible for setting the strategic direction of the Unit and managing its response to the changing needs of the Department of Health and the NHS.
Beth is a BA (Hons) Business Studies and CIPS qualified procurement professional with 12 years' public sector experience. The majority of her work has been in building collaborative procurement partnerships within the NHS to gain efficiencies and improvements in healthcare with NHS PASA. She was the Assistant Director of the North West Centre of Excellence, which achieved savings for local authorities through collaboration.
Beth was the elected Healthcare representative on the CIPS council for 3 years and has also been North West Branch Co-ordinator for the Health Care Supply Association.
Presentation: The vision for NHS procurement
The increasing demands for NHS procurement to deliver value for money will go well beyond what has been required hitherto by QIPP. This session explores the development of the new strategy, the opportunities and what will be expected of NHS managers, clinicians, procurement, finance personnel and budget holders.
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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Previously, Beth managed the transition of the Pharmacy Unit of the erstwhile NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (NHS PASA) into the NHS Commercial Medicines Unit and wasresponsible for setting the strategic direction of the Unit and managing its response to the changing needs of the Department of Health and the NHS.
Beth is a BA (Hons) Business Studies and CIPS qualified procurement professional with 12 years' public sector experience. The majority of her work has been in building collaborative procurement partnerships within the NHS to gain efficiencies and improvements in healthcare with NHS PASA. She was the Assistant Director of the North West Centre of Excellence, which achieved savings for local authorities through collaboration.
Beth was the elected Healthcare representative on the CIPS council for 3 years and has also been North West Branch Co-ordinator for the Health Care Supply Association.
Presentation: The vision for NHS procurement
The increasing demands for NHS procurement to deliver value for money will go well beyond what has been required hitherto by QIPP. This session explores the development of the new strategy, the opportunities and what will be expected of NHS managers, clinicians, procurement, finance personnel and budget holders.
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President, Health Care Supply Association
09:50
Lord Philip Hunt is a member of the House of Lords and Deputy Leader of the Opposition. He speaks for the Opposition on Home Affairs, Cabinet Office and Lords reform.
He is Chairman of the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, President of the Royal Society of Public Health, and also serves as Chair of the All Party Group on Primary Care and Public Health. He is Treasurer of the Associate Parliamentary Health Group, Secretary of the All-Party Group on the Constitution and Vice Chair of the All Party Group for Energy Studies. He serves on the Editorial Board of the House Magazine.
Lord Hunt served for 10 years in the 1997 to 2010 Labour Government. He was Deputy Leader of the House of Lords and Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change from 2008 to 2010. He also served in the Department of Health, Department of Work and Pensions, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Justice.
Appointed a Life Peer in July 1997, he chaired the Labour Peers Working Party on Lords reform in 2004. From 2003 to 2005, he chaired the Lords Select Committee on the Merits of Statutory Instruments. Lord Hunt is an Honorary Associate Fellow of the Institute of Governance and Public Management at Warwick Business School.
He was Chair of the National Patient Safety Agency from 2004 to 2005. He has also advised a range of organisations including Beachcroft Wansbroughs, KPMG, King's Fund, and the Birmingham and the Black Country Health Authority.
Lord Hunt was the first Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation, and previously Director of the National Association of Health Authorities and Trusts (NAHAT) from its formation in 1990. He ran its predecessor organisation, the National Association of Health Authorities (NAHA) from 1984 until 1990.
Lord Hunt's NHS career began in 1972 when he joined Oxford Regional Hospital Board as a works study officer, moving to Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre as hospital administrator in 1974. Between 1975 and 1978 he was secretary to Edgeware/Hendon CHC before joining NAHA in 1979 as assistant secretary. He also served as a member of the Council of the International Hospital Federation from 1986 to 1991.
He was President of the Family Planning Association 1997 to 1998 and co-chaired the Association for Public Health from 1994 to 1998. From 1980 to 1982 he was a member of Birmingham City Council, and a member of Oxford City Council from 1973 to 1979.
Lord Hunt was made a Privy Counsellor in 2009. He holds Honorary Doctorates at both the University of Birmingham and the University of Central England, is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health and an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons. He was awarded the OBE in June 1993.
Presentation: Stepping up to the plate
The role and responsibilities of procurement professionals are changing rapidly and the NHS will become increasingly dependent on them to take much more responsibility to influence key players in their institutions, deliver value in core areas of NHS expenditure and much more actively drive and take advantage of innovation and collaborative opportunities.
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Catherine Beardshaw
He is Chairman of the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, President of the Royal Society of Public Health, and also serves as Chair of the All Party Group on Primary Care and Public Health. He is Treasurer of the Associate Parliamentary Health Group, Secretary of the All-Party Group on the Constitution and Vice Chair of the All Party Group for Energy Studies. He serves on the Editorial Board of the House Magazine.
Lord Hunt served for 10 years in the 1997 to 2010 Labour Government. He was Deputy Leader of the House of Lords and Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change from 2008 to 2010. He also served in the Department of Health, Department of Work and Pensions, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Justice.
Appointed a Life Peer in July 1997, he chaired the Labour Peers Working Party on Lords reform in 2004. From 2003 to 2005, he chaired the Lords Select Committee on the Merits of Statutory Instruments. Lord Hunt is an Honorary Associate Fellow of the Institute of Governance and Public Management at Warwick Business School.
He was Chair of the National Patient Safety Agency from 2004 to 2005. He has also advised a range of organisations including Beachcroft Wansbroughs, KPMG, King's Fund, and the Birmingham and the Black Country Health Authority.
Lord Hunt was the first Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation, and previously Director of the National Association of Health Authorities and Trusts (NAHAT) from its formation in 1990. He ran its predecessor organisation, the National Association of Health Authorities (NAHA) from 1984 until 1990.
Lord Hunt's NHS career began in 1972 when he joined Oxford Regional Hospital Board as a works study officer, moving to Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre as hospital administrator in 1974. Between 1975 and 1978 he was secretary to Edgeware/Hendon CHC before joining NAHA in 1979 as assistant secretary. He also served as a member of the Council of the International Hospital Federation from 1986 to 1991.
He was President of the Family Planning Association 1997 to 1998 and co-chaired the Association for Public Health from 1994 to 1998. From 1980 to 1982 he was a member of Birmingham City Council, and a member of Oxford City Council from 1973 to 1979.
Lord Hunt was made a Privy Counsellor in 2009. He holds Honorary Doctorates at both the University of Birmingham and the University of Central England, is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health and an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons. He was awarded the OBE in June 1993.
Presentation: Stepping up to the plate
The role and responsibilities of procurement professionals are changing rapidly and the NHS will become increasingly dependent on them to take much more responsibility to influence key players in their institutions, deliver value in core areas of NHS expenditure and much more actively drive and take advantage of innovation and collaborative opportunities.
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Chief Executive, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
10:10
Catherine Beardshaw qualified as a Radiographer in 1974 and spent the next 18 years working in clinical and clinical service manager roles across Yorkshire. She moved into general management in 1995 in Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust and held a range of senior manager posts in the then largest trust in the United Kingdom until becoming Director of Operations in 2002. During this period Catherine also received an MBA from Durham University.
In 2006 Catherine was appointed as CEO of North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust and led the trust from financial turnaround to Foundation Trust status in 2008 when it became known as Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Catherine became CEO of Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust on 1st March 2011.
Presentation: Leadership and accountability in the NHS
Meeting the increasing demands on the NHS, with finite resources, can be achieved only with strong leadership. This session will explore what this means and the strategies that chief executives will need to employ.
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John Neilson
In 2006 Catherine was appointed as CEO of North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust and led the trust from financial turnaround to Foundation Trust status in 2008 when it became known as Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Catherine became CEO of Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust on 1st March 2011.
Presentation: Leadership and accountability in the NHS
Meeting the increasing demands on the NHS, with finite resources, can be achieved only with strong leadership. This session will explore what this means and the strategies that chief executives will need to employ.
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Chief Executive, NHS Shared Business Services
10:30
John Neilson was appointed Chief Executive at NHS Shared Business Services in January 2009. NHS Shared Business Services is the market leader in business support services for the NHS, providing finance, commercial procurement, payroll and family health services to around 50% of all NHS trusts and organisations.
In 2011 John launched NHS SBS Commercial Procurement Solutions – a new commercial approach to procurement in the NHS that could deliver substantial savings to enable trusts achieve the £20bn efficiency savings challenge.
From 2005 to 2009 John was UK Director for Steria's Global Delivery Unit (GDU). The GDU provided a range of industrialised IT infrastructure services including data centre management, service desk, desktop services, remote infrastructure management, e-procurement and IT transformation consultancy.
Prior to joining Steria, John ran his own successful business offering consultancy services to the IT sector. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and qualified in business coaching and psychometrics.
John has a track record of successfully managing change and business transformation within large and small organisations in both private and public sector organisations. This has involved working in Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and India.
Presentation: Commercial procurement: driving the transformation of the NHS
NHS Shared Business Services recognises the benefits for the NHS in adopting a more commercial approach. By focusing on the four key building blocks – leadership, partnership, people and processes (including systems) - NHS Trusts can instil a culture of commercial best practice and behaviours at all levels of the organisation, thereby ensuring the benefits are sustainable long term. During the session this concept will be explored. Drawing upon real examples, delegates will leave with a better understanding of how a more transformational approach can unlock their commercial capability, ultimately releasing more cash for frontline care.
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Edward Green
In 2011 John launched NHS SBS Commercial Procurement Solutions – a new commercial approach to procurement in the NHS that could deliver substantial savings to enable trusts achieve the £20bn efficiency savings challenge.
From 2005 to 2009 John was UK Director for Steria's Global Delivery Unit (GDU). The GDU provided a range of industrialised IT infrastructure services including data centre management, service desk, desktop services, remote infrastructure management, e-procurement and IT transformation consultancy.
Prior to joining Steria, John ran his own successful business offering consultancy services to the IT sector. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and qualified in business coaching and psychometrics.
John has a track record of successfully managing change and business transformation within large and small organisations in both private and public sector organisations. This has involved working in Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and India.
Presentation: Commercial procurement: driving the transformation of the NHS
NHS Shared Business Services recognises the benefits for the NHS in adopting a more commercial approach. By focusing on the four key building blocks – leadership, partnership, people and processes (including systems) - NHS Trusts can instil a culture of commercial best practice and behaviours at all levels of the organisation, thereby ensuring the benefits are sustainable long term. During the session this concept will be explored. Drawing upon real examples, delegates will leave with a better understanding of how a more transformational approach can unlock their commercial capability, ultimately releasing more cash for frontline care.
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Head of Domestic Policy and Standards, Efficiency and Reform Group, Cabinet Office
14:20
Ed Green is Head of Domestic Procurement Policy in the Cabinet Office's Efficiency and Reform Group. His team is responsible for the UK's procurement policy of achieving value for money and of using the public sector's purchasing power to support economic growth. His team also runs the Mystery Shopper service, an informal route for suppliers to raise issues of what they believe to be poor practice in public procurement.
Ed became Head of Domestic Procurement Policy in 2009 in the then Office of Government Commerce, which was subsumed into the Cabinet Office following the 2010 General Election. Prior to taking up this position, he worked in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the department of Energy and Climate Change in a series of policy and corporate roles.
Presentation: Innovation pipelines: pre-procurement engagement with industry
It was announced last year that the government was to publish its procurement category 'pipelines' in order to engage more effectively with industry, support the use of innovation and understand the opportunities that may exist before going out to tender. Of particular relevance to the NHS are the clinical, medical and adult social care pipelines. The government is keen that all parts of the public sector should engage with this initiative as it will support the development of new ways of doing things, new products and better value.
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Andrew Coulcher
Ed became Head of Domestic Procurement Policy in 2009 in the then Office of Government Commerce, which was subsumed into the Cabinet Office following the 2010 General Election. Prior to taking up this position, he worked in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the department of Energy and Climate Change in a series of policy and corporate roles.
Presentation: Innovation pipelines: pre-procurement engagement with industry
It was announced last year that the government was to publish its procurement category 'pipelines' in order to engage more effectively with industry, support the use of innovation and understand the opportunities that may exist before going out to tender. Of particular relevance to the NHS are the clinical, medical and adult social care pipelines. The government is keen that all parts of the public sector should engage with this initiative as it will support the development of new ways of doing things, new products and better value.
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Director of Business Solutions, Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply
14:40
Andrew Coulcher was appointed Director of Business Solutions at CIPS in February 2010. His team is responsible for delivery of all public and in-company training, CIPS events, corporate certification, product management, research, knowledge management, membership and business development.
Andrew is an accomplished procurement professional with a proven background in strategic sourcing, deployment of e-procurement technology and creating new business ventures within a large corporate environment. Previous roles have included Head of Sourcing at Ericsson, responsible for direct and indirect procurement, and Global Procurement Director at Motorola, leading a global team responsible for radio base station infrastructure components and ancillary equipment sourcing.
Andrew's achievements include indirect procurement cost savings of $100m against a managed spend of $1.3bn and deploying e-procurement technology in 26 countries serving more than 12,000 users.
Presentation: CIPS accreditation: licence to source
The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) is working with the Efficiency and Reform Group in the Cabinet Office to boost the capability of central government procurement staff. One approach is LEAN Sourcing, whereby procurement personnel will be upskilled to a certain level of capability before undertaking certain complex procurement duties. This approach is now being piloted in the NHS.
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Chris Tulloch
Andrew is an accomplished procurement professional with a proven background in strategic sourcing, deployment of e-procurement technology and creating new business ventures within a large corporate environment. Previous roles have included Head of Sourcing at Ericsson, responsible for direct and indirect procurement, and Global Procurement Director at Motorola, leading a global team responsible for radio base station infrastructure components and ancillary equipment sourcing.
Andrew's achievements include indirect procurement cost savings of $100m against a managed spend of $1.3bn and deploying e-procurement technology in 26 countries serving more than 12,000 users.
Presentation: CIPS accreditation: licence to source
The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) is working with the Efficiency and Reform Group in the Cabinet Office to boost the capability of central government procurement staff. One approach is LEAN Sourcing, whereby procurement personnel will be upskilled to a certain level of capability before undertaking certain complex procurement duties. This approach is now being piloted in the NHS.
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Orthopaedic Consultant, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
15:45
Chris Tulloch has been a doctor for 35 years and an Orthopaedic Consultant for 20. He currently specialises in lower limb and trauma surgery. Having chaired a medical advisory committee for Nuffield Health, with special responsibility for clinical governance, he assumed the roles of Clinical Director for Orthopaedic Surgery and Associate Medical Director at North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust.
Having become aware of the situation whereby identical implants were being purchased by different hospital trusts at widely varying prices, Chris took a hands-on role in the negotiation of implant costs with a view to establishing the concept of target pricing. His work in this area led to him being invited to work with the Department of Health on the QIPP project.
Presentation: The challenge of the role of the clinician in procurement
Clinical technology is becoming more complex and expensive. Managing this will require a different and joined-up approach to the market, collaborative engagement with suppliers and a willingness to standardise as far as is practicable. This session explores the key role and responsibilities of clinicians in enabling this to happen.
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John Vinuesa
Having become aware of the situation whereby identical implants were being purchased by different hospital trusts at widely varying prices, Chris took a hands-on role in the negotiation of implant costs with a view to establishing the concept of target pricing. His work in this area led to him being invited to work with the Department of Health on the QIPP project.
Presentation: The challenge of the role of the clinician in procurement
Clinical technology is becoming more complex and expensive. Managing this will require a different and joined-up approach to the market, collaborative engagement with suppliers and a willingness to standardise as far as is practicable. This session explores the key role and responsibilities of clinicians in enabling this to happen.
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Trading Director, Consumables, NHS Supply Chain
16:10
John joined NHS Supply Chain in May 2011 as Trading Director for Patient Care. He now takes on a new role as Trading Director Consumables, and leads the procurement teams responsible for medical and non-medical consumables.
John has over 25 years experience in Procurement, Trading and International Logistics roles up to Operating Board level in the FMCG sector with Asda Walmart, Tesco and Morrisons. John's experience also includes consultancy and interim roles, notably Managing Director for the UK's leading Purchasing Consortium in the Hospitality and Leisure industry, and Head of Trading at Boots plc. He has an MBA and MA in Business Research and speaks 4 languages.
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John has over 25 years experience in Procurement, Trading and International Logistics roles up to Operating Board level in the FMCG sector with Asda Walmart, Tesco and Morrisons. John's experience also includes consultancy and interim roles, notably Managing Director for the UK's leading Purchasing Consortium in the Hospitality and Leisure industry, and Head of Trading at Boots plc. He has an MBA and MA in Business Research and speaks 4 languages.
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