Rebecca Bines, Joint Chief Procurement Officer at Barts Health NHS Trust, discusses her career and the savings made with the Trust’s inventory management system

Mat Oram returns to the podcast to discuss AdviseInc’s takeover by NEC and explains why now, why NEC and what it means for him and the company as a whole    

Susan Rashid, CEO of NHS – CIPS Academy training provider SR Supply Chain Consultants, discusses the apprenticeship learning pathway with Jordan Barry and Nadia Kardahji-Bould from Stockport Foundation Trust   

Andrew Daly from Hempsons gives a bumper legal update on all the issues coming up with the Procurement Act, chats about the new commercial training and looks ahead to the HCSA Annual Conference 

HCSA National Council member Jo Liddle and Stuart Mathers from NHS Supply Chain discuss the savings being made at Wirral with Apos Health and the new spotlight on VBP 

Laura Scarfe from Business Academy Online on what makes its CIPS training different from a traditional provider and how it leads on neuro-inclusive learning 

Luke Shires from the HCSA EDI+B Network and Lorna Harasymiuk from the EDI team at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust discuss placing neurodivergent students in Trusts

Clare Nash and Michelle McCann discuss the savings being made through  sustainability and why it’s more important than ever 

Barbara Begg & Lois Shield from NHS and Emma Harley-Cole from CIPS discuss the launch of the new CIPS Academy 

Savita Mace discusses her move into full-time L&D training, teaming up with HCSA on new courses and heading up CIPS in the Caribbean!