HCSA Trustee Simon Walsh discusses being awarded the British Empire Medal in the King’s New Year Honours

Mike Hanson Director of Procurement and Logistics at Black Country Alliance discussions the hospital equipping project, using robotics and meeting King Charles 

Lee Joseph, David Main, Tracey Leforte, Collette Whigham and Mellissa Leonard come together to discuss the big national v local debate 

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