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PRO-CURE SELECT HEC AS MASTER VENDOR
The Healthcare Employment Consortium has been awarded a major new contract for the provision of temporary Allied Health Professional (AHP) and Healthcare Sciences Services (HSS) staff across the NHS South Central area.
The potentially three-year contract gives PRO-CURE member Trusts across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Hampshire for the first time just one agency to contact for 27 different professions.
It aims to deliver enhanced services for Trusts with better quality staff, improved candidate screening, high fill rates and a single administrative process.
Among the other benefits are significant savings for Trusts and increased control of temporary staff expenditure.
“Our member Trusts have been dealing with a multitude of different agencies at variable rates, “says Alan Potter, a member of PRO-CURE’S Purchasing Team.
“This contract simplifies the whole process, ensuring a more efficient and effective service. “
HEC was appointed ‘Master Vendor’ following a formal selection process of NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency approved agencies.
Steve Porter, Operations Director of HEC member Mediplacements says, “All the HEC member agencies have put a great deal of effort into forming the Consortium, addressing operational issues and communicating our services to SHAs.
“I believe that we have the capability to deliver an exemplary level of service to PRO-CURE’s member Trusts that will provide a benchmark for Vendor Managed Services across the NHS.”
The contract, which comes into effect from Monday 4 December 2006, will operate under the terms of the current NHS PASA National Framework agreement. For more information please contact Chris Knowles, HEC Contract Manager on 0845 260 9999 or by email to: c.knowles@heconsortium.com.
Notes:
PRO-CURE was formed in April 2006 as part of the creation of the Collaborative Procurement Hubs across the country and the Government’s drive for greater efficiencies within the NHS.
The development of Collaborative Procurement Hubs was established by the Department of Health as a key strand of the Supply Chain Excellence Programme (SCEP) aimed at saving £500 million a year by 2007/8.
1. Allied Health Professionals include:
* Dietitians
* Occupational Therapists
* Podiatrists
* Physiotherapists
* Speech and Language Therapists
* Radiographers
2. Scientific and Technical Staff include:
* Audiologists
* Phlebotomists
* Cardiac Physiologists
* Biomedical Scientists
* Optometrists
* Pharmacists
3. This includes:
* Berkshire East PCT
* Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust
* Berkshire West PCT
* Buckinghamshire PCT
* Hampshire Partnerships NHS Trust
* Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Trust
* Milton Keynes General Hospital NHS Trust
* Milton Keynes PCT
* Nuffield Orthopaedic NHS Trust
* Oxford & Buckinghamshire Mental Healthcare NHS Trust
* Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust
* Oxfordshire PCT
* Royal Berkshire Foundation NHS Trust
* South Central Ambulance NHS Trust
* South Central Strategic Health Authority
* Southampton City PCT
* Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
* Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust