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Procurement Services celebrate success at national procurement awards

 

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NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP) Procurement Sourcing Commissioning team in collaboration with Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW), and the Supply Chain, Logistics & Transport teams were winners in a number of categories at this year’s Government Opportunities (GO) Excellence in Public Procurement Awards Wales.

The GO Awards celebrate and provides the opportunity to showcase the innovations, initiatives and advancements that make Wales a world leader in smart and effective public procurement.    

The Sourcing Commissioning team won in the Best Procurement Delivery category for their collaborative work on Health Professional Education and Training Services. The purpose of the procurement was to secure provision of high-quality education and training to ensure sustainability within the NHS workforce in Wales through commissioning pre-registration education programmes including Nursing, Midwifery, and a variety of Allied Health Professions.      

The Supply Chain, Logistics & Transport team won in the category of COVID-19 Response and Recovery for their work in supporting Health Boards whilst coordinating the distribution of Covid Vaccines and all Associated Medical Consumables to enable the Covid Vaccination Programme to NHS Wales. This ensured the population of Wales had access to the Covid Vaccination Programme regardless of postcode.

Ultimately since the start of the vaccination programme the Supply Chain, Logistics & Transport team have distributed some 6.8 million Vaccines.

 

NWSSP Director of Procurement and Heath Courier Services, Jonathan Irvine;

“I am delighted that our Supply Chain, Logistics & Transport and Procurement Sourcing Commissioning teams, in collaboration with Health Education and Improvement Wales, were announced as winners at the recent GO Awards Wales ceremony. This success, across multiple categories, is testament to the hard work and dedication of all individuals and teams involved, aligned with our approach to cross-partnership working to best meet the healthcare needs within Wales.”