The ambulance sector is under severe pressure to deliver a high-quality service with increasing limitation on its financial resources. Individual Trust’s currently purchase identical / interchangeable products at different prices with separate procurement functions, leading to overspend.
Five Trusts identified an opportunity to deliver savings asa collective through collaborative procurement. This meant reaching alignment on best value suppliers / products, and leveraging collective buying power to negotiate lower prices.
TN completed a baseline analysis of current Trust spend across a range of products e.g., medical consumables to identify potential savings, and co-create an operating model for shared procurement going forward.
