The biggest issues facing senior procurement managers in health care?
The healthcare sector is one of the most important in modern society, with effective healthcare helping people to be healthier, happier and more productive. Procurement is a significant factor in the success of healthcare, with organisations requiring the right supplies on site to support their staff and patients. Find [...]
What are the biggest challenges for the newly created 42 integrated care boards (ICBs)?
Effective administration is one of the most important parts of healthcare, with effective planning and preparation often making the difference between effective care and poor outcomes. With 42 new integrated care boards looking to work towards building effective systems and infrastructure, there are more and more challenges arising that [...]
ELCOM Webinar Roundup – How can data standards and inventory technology help our healthcare system?
A combination of inventory technology and rigorous data management could offer various benefits to the UK’s healthcare services. ELCOM’s recent webinar on the 1st of February provided a unique opportunity for industry experts to discuss these innovations and how they can address the sector’s significant challenges. Their unique insights [...]
Enhancing patient safety and care with Scan4Safety
Safety is at the heart of any successful health service, but this can only happen with professionals taking action. This is the driving force behind the 'Scan4Safety' programme. This government initiative aims to improve operational efficiency throughout the entire NHS, offering hope for sweeping changes in the UK's healthcare [...]
ELCOM awarded £2.7 million 5-year contract by Scottish Government
Elcom, the world’s first cloud-based procurement technology provider, has been awarded a £2.7 million five-year contract by The Scottish Government. The contract will provide a cloud-based collaborative management information reporting platform for procurement data across the Scottish Public Sector. Elcom will configure its existing Management Information Platform to integrate [...]
Elcom announce contract for Inventory Management with the Ulster Independent Clinic
Elcom is proud to announce its recent contract win for the Ulster Independent Clinic, a private healthcare provider with over 40 years of experience in private healthcare. The contract is for Elcom's bespoke Inventory Management solution, to be implemented in three phases by this December. The Ulster Independent Clinic [...]
Utilising inventory management to understand & determine healthcare procedure delivery costs – cost control for NHS Trusts.
The NHS has been dealing with funding challenges for more than a decade now, and experts predict more funding crises will continue and get worse over the foreseeable future. A 2020 report by the BBC reveals that we spent more than £156 billion on the NHS in 2019 – [...]
Why the NHS must focus on reducing waste through utilising the Circular Economy?
Crisis is the right word to refer to the environmental devastation we are living through in the current times. Individuals can be as green and sustainable in their habits as humanly possible, but their singular effort is nothing if not supported by immediate action by large organisations, such as [...]
Exploring the Procurement Bill 2022 and how it’s reforming public procurement
The Procurement Bill 2022 is set to be the next major post-Brexit shake-up that determines how public bodies spend money. The new bill was announced in the Queen's Speech in May 2022, and it will revoke several rules set out in the EU directives that affect the procurement of goods, [...]
What does good look like for ICS in accordance with the WGLL framework?
When you operate an Integrated Care System, providing the best possible outcomes for your patients is your number one priority. This means ensuring a good standard of care throughout your organisation, at every stage of the working process. In this article, we discuss what good looks like for Integrated [...]
How are Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) unlocking the potential of data analytics?
Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships between organisations involved in health and care services, invented to bring them together as one working body, dependent on the local area they all operate in. These organisations are NHS providers, NHS Trusts, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), local authorities and voluntary sector partners, [...]
Understanding how the procurement objectives in the Procurement Bill 2022 could better public procurement
In the May 2022 Queen's Speech, the new Procurement Bill 2022 was announced. The bill seeks to improve the existing system for public procurement in the UK by promoting healthy competition between suppliers, incentivising the prioritisation of contracts that offer the best value to the public, and reaffirming existing commitments [...]