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Procurement & e-Commerce Department
Newsletter
Christmas Get-Together
It’s that time of the year
again when the whole
Finance Directorate don
their festive jumpers,
Debra’s inflatable Christmas
tree is dusted off and we
come together to eat far
too much.
Friday the 15th December was
the annual Finance Christmas
Get-Together and this year it
was extra special as we were
taking part in Christmas
Jumper Day to help raise
money for MFT Charities.
Adrian Roberts (Executive
Director of Finance) joined us
to thank everyone for their
hard work throughout the
year, there was a raffle,
Christmas tunes, quizzes and a
yummy buffet courtesy of the
Senior Managers.
A special thank you goes to
Sharon & Caroline for
arranging the event where a
brilliant £187 was raised.
Merry Christmas everybody
and a Happy New Year!
WHATS INSIDE:
DIRECTORS MESSAGE page 2
NEWS page 2 - 5
STAFFING UPDATE page 6
AND FINALLY... page 7
December 2017
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Directors Message Welcome to this Christmas
Newsletter and thanks once
again to Stephen for bringing
it together.
It's been a tremendous 12
months and with the creation of
the new Department followed
by the new Trust it's been a real
'roller coaster' at times.
The work you have all
undertaken has enabled us to
both provide service continuity
whilst making real
improvements in how we
operate. Our savings delivery
has been exceptional and our
customer services continue to
be highly valued.
2018 is going to be immensely
challenging not least as we
implement a new Integra
ledger for MFT. Our 'Integrate
Project' will challenge us all to
achieve against really
ambitious timescales though I
am confident we will once
again meet the expectations of
our Trust.
Thank you for all your support
and enjoy Christmas.
Best wishes for 2018.
Future Leaders
Mark Stevens (Deputy Head
of P2P) and Ross Palmer
(Senior Purchasing
Manager) graduated from
the two year ‘Future
Leaders’ programme on
23rd November 2017.
The graduation day included a
10 minute presentation from
each delegate on how they
have applied what they learnt
from the programme into their
workplace and how this has
this benefitted patient care.
The programme covered a
wide range of areas including:
Leading Change, Collaboration,
Conflict Resolution,
Accountability, Media Skills
and Business Skills.
Delegates were also given the
chance for 1 to 1 coaching
sessions throughout the
programme which most if not
all found invaluable. Action
learning sets of 5/6 delegates
were also formed and some
will carry on in the future.
Ross said: “It’s fair to say we
all learned a lot, theoretically
and about ourselves, as well as
establishing new working
relationships with people from
other disciplines and
geographical areas, including
procurement colleagues
working in the Welsh system.
Colleagues from Cardiff visited
MFT in August and Mark & I
visited Companies House in
Cardiff in early November -
both really useful visits.
It was great to be given the
chance to apply and
consequently be selected for
the programme so thanks to
those who nominated us.”
News
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HCSA Awards 2017
The HCSA (Health Care
Supply Association) Awards
took place on Thursday 30th
November 2017 at the
Harrogate Convention Centre.
The HCSA promotes the work
of NHS procurement and
supply chain staff by
providing training events,
educational seminars and an
annual conference.
The annual awards is a
prestigious night of glitz and
glamour and a real who’s who
of NHS Procurement. 2017 saw
it’s biggest awards yet with
more nomination submissions
than ever before.
It was a great night for MFT
with Martin Doherty (Buyer)
winning the award for the
Highest Academic Score on the
recent HCSA Procurement
Development Programme. Well
done Martin!
Simon Walsh (Procurement
Director) was the recipient of
the Award for Outstanding
Services to the HCSA, much to
his surprise as he wasn’t aware
he had been nominated. Simon
accepted his award to a
standing ovation from the
packed audience of
procurement peers. This is
what Simon had to say:
“The HCSA Award was very
humbling and an immense
honour for me. I have had a
fantastic 30 year career in NHS
Procurement and have been
fortunate to work with great
colleagues including latterly
at MFT. The HCSA has been a
tremendous support and I
have been fortunate to have
been given the opportunity to
serve in various capacities. I
look forward to the next 10
years!”
Congratulations Simon well
deserved!
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transport goods, thereby
lowering their carbon
emissions.
One of the Trust’s suppliers,
Carl Zeiss won an award for
'Outstanding Demonstration
of Environmental Impact'.
They received this for their
policies on waste recycling,
tracking and refurbishment.
For every 100kg of waste,
they recycle 90kg, which is
significantly higher than
average.
The Co-Operative shared their
'Bright Future' project that
they have implemented in
order to help tackle modern-
day slavery. Within the United
Kingdom 3,805 potential
victims have been referred to
the project with an increase of
30% on the previous year.
Outside this project, when
victims are freed, most will
eventually end up back in
slavery. The Co-Operative has
Linda Bailey (Deputy
Director of Purchasing) and
Ben McKeogh (Buyer)
recently attended the
Sustainability Awards at the
University of Manchester.
Here Ben tells us about the
event:
“The University had organised
the event to acknowledge and
reward companies they see
making strides in
sustainability. A range of
companies presented their
work, each showcasing their
achievements in sustainability.
An independent coffee shop
that now makes it their policy
to insist upon full supply chain
transparency, explained they
want to ensure the farmers are
treated well and receive any
support they might need.
An office supplies company
shared with us the
implementation of their policy
to use electric vehicles to
offered to employ survivors,
providing a salary,
responsibility and enabling
survivors to take control of
their lives.
We were inspired by the good
work that comes from asking a
few simple questions and
committing to making the
required changes. We should
be encouraged by the
importance placed on
sustainability by businesses
today.
It starts with us. As one of the
country's biggest Trusts, we
hold the power to make a real
difference. Impacting
supplier’s wallets is the best
way to ensure they make
positive changes. As Buyers,
when we say to suppliers, “We
need a copy of your
sustainability policy" then they
will provide or create a
sustainability policy. When the
supplier then addresses their
own supply chain, that is when
we see real and lasting
changes.
Let's make our future a cause
for the present. All we have to
do, is ask the question.”
Sustainability as Development in Manchester
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Recently MFT were awarded
Highly Commended for the
Supplier Engagement Award
at the NHS in the North West
Excellence in Supply Awards.
The nomination came from
Squadron Medical in regards
to the unique link which has
been created between the
MFT Procurement functions
and the manufacturing
supply base, distribution
organisations and supply
chain.
An article featured on the
DCC Vital website goes into
detail about this initiative
and the level of work that has
gone into forming it.
Click here to read it.
Supplier Engagement Award
Savings Update
At the beginning of
December the Procurement
Department’s projected
trading gap savings figure for
17/18 stands at an
impressive £9,724,653
against a target of
£6,700,000.
Thank you for everyone’s
continued hard work. Here
are a selection of some of the
trading gap projects that
have recently delivered:
Robert Jones has made a
£40,000 saving on IVT
Packs for the Eye Hospital
and a £36,000 saving for the
Dental Hospital on Dentsply
Goods.
A huge £107,847 saving
made on Haemostats by
Amy Emmerson benefitting
Wythenshawe. Amy also
generated £43,000 saving
on Anti Embolism
Stockings across multiple
divisions.
£18,000 saving on
Verascope Sheaths for
Saint Mary’s courtesy of
Janet Dalton.
The Operational Purchasing
Team lead by Jackie Cottrell
have recently undertaken a
huge piece of work looking
at the Local Pricing
Agreements (LPAs) that
the Trust currently has in
place. The work is ongoing
but already a £55,000
saving has been discovered.
A £50,000 saving on Acute
Power Tools for
Wythenshawe by Sue
Carson.
Barbara Rimmington
generated a saving of
£30,000 for RMCH on Neuro
Endoscopes.
A very impressive £233,000
cost avoidance saving made
by Ross Palmer on the Zoll
Defib Replacement.
Sarah Jackson’s various
Capital Projects delivered
savings worth in excess of
£69,000 this month.
Other News
Jack Phillips (Assistant
Buyer) starts his CIPS level
4 in the new year. Good
luck with your studies Jack.
Don’t forget to post any
queries, comments or
concerns regarding the
department or wider Trust
in the suggestion box in
Wilmslow Park or via the
Survey Monkey.
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Staffing Updates New Starters
A warm welcome to the
following new starters who
have recently joined the
Department:
James Redmond is a new
addition to Materials
Management. He began on the
18th December as a Materials
Management Assistant.
Two new Creditor Payment
Officers have started recently
in Accounts Payable - Philip
Searle and Shireen Khan.
Halima Ali has joined the
Catalogue, Compliance &
Procurement Support Team
as a Compliance & Catalogue
Assistant.
Nichola Bennett has joined us
in the new role of Clinical
Procurement Matron. She will
be based both at Central and
Wythenshawe and will
provide clinical expertise on
Procurement projects.
I am sure everyone will make
our new starters feel
welcome as they settle into
their new roles.
Movers
Congratulations to Ben
McKeogh (pictured below) who
successfully interviewed for the
vacant Band 5 Buyer position.
Ben was already working in the
Procurement Department as a
Buyer on an interim basis and
we are happy to welcome him
here permanently.
Joseph Nee (Materials
Management Assistant) is on a
6 month secondment from the
Wythenshawe Materials
Management Team. He is here
to gain experience and
knowledge from the Central
site to share with the
Wythenshawe Team.
Sarah Vaughn, Anna Kelly and
Adam Amzid from the
Catalogue, Compliance and
Procurement Support Team at
Wythenshawe have now
settled into Wilmslow Park
and are working alongside
their Central counterparts in
one unified team.
Leavers
Simon Donovan (Senior
Purchasing Manager) will be
leaving us at the beginning of
February 2018. He will be
moving to East Lancashire
Hospitals NHS Trust to be
their new Head of
Procurement. We wish you all
the best in your new role
Simon.
Sean Cartwright (Materials
Management Assistant) has
also left the Trust to pursue
a career in music. Good
luck Sean.
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If you have any news or stories which you would like included in the next newsletter please email [email protected]
And Finally...
Christmas Do
Here are some snaps from the
department’s Christmas do.
There were actually 3
concurrent dos which all
eventually merged together
into one big merry night out! A
great time was had by all.
Have a lovely
Christmas everyone!
Many congratulations to
Nichola Bennett (Clinical
Procurement Matron) who
married her partner Paul this
December at a beautiful
ceremony in Edinburgh.