News - Collaboration Matters

#TeamTalk: What's new in the Technology (ICT) category

  • 14/05/2025
  • Written by Lisa Tearney

Welcome to the latest update in our #TeamTalk series, where we put a spotlight on the teams that make up NOE CPC.  This month we’re focusing on our Technology (ICT) category team, who manage a portfolio of frameworks providing non-clinica ...

£1.5bn framework to upgrade NHS IT systems and get analogue to digital switch underway, is launched

  • 08/04/2025
  • Written by NOE CPC

North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) has partnered with NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) to jointly launch a new framework agreement - Tech Devices – Link 4. The NHS is grappling with challenges in upgradi ...

Looking ahead at the next 12 months with our Implementation & Adoption Team

  • 15/01/2025
  • Written by Liessa Newnham

2025 promises to be a year of change and development within the procurement landscape. The Procurement Act implementation is on the horizon and cost pressures on trusts will continue to present a challenge. Head of Implementation and Adoption Liessa ...

NOE CPC and NHS LPP forge links at healthcare technology conference

  • 01/10/2024
  • Written by NOE CPC

The digital teams from North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) and NHS London Procurement Partnership (NHS LPP) enjoyed meeting members of the healthcare technology community at last week’s Healthcare Excellence Through ...

#CommercialMatters: Aligning with the national commercial strategy achieves best results for you

  • 13/08/2024
  • Written by Steve Sercombe

Our latest #CommercialMatters blog post comes from our Procurement Director, Steve Sercombe, who heads up a team of procurement experts who together have decades of experience working in procurement roles both within the NHS and commercial sectors. S ...

#CommercialMatters: An insight into working with the NHS supply base

  • 13/08/2024
  • Written by Ruth Burns

This month we're looking at #CommercialMatters. To discuss this topic further, Ruth Burns, Supplier Relationship Manager, speaks about the importance of working in partnership with the NHS supply base. “A strong supply base is essential f ...

#CommercialMatters blog: Unlocking commercial potential by using our accredited frameworks

  • 09/08/2024
  • Written by Adele Guettat

As part of our focus this month on #CommercialMatters, Adele Guettat, Category Manager in our Technology (ICT) Category, explores why it is important we work closely with stakeholders to ensure NOE CPC frameworks unlock commercial and funding potenti ...

NOE CPC members can now access key NHS LPP frameworks

  • 12/07/2024
  • Written by NOE CPC

Our members can now use and benefit from a number of frameworks from NHS London Procurement Partnership (NHS LPP), expanding our portfolio even further. You can now access an even wider range of expertise, and more products, across our ICT and estat ...

#InnovationMatters: How trusts can deliver social value benefits to their communities

  • 28/06/2024
  • Written by Alastair Clay

In his recent article for Action Sustainability, our Sustainability and Social Value Manager, Alastair Clay, spoke about how social value provided a unique opportunity to deliver relevant innovation where it was needed most. Alastair expands on thi ...

Using supplier insight tools to assess market trends

  • 07/05/2024
  • Written by Ruth Burns

As part of our #IntegrationMatters theme for May, we are looking at how we have integrated various services, products and ways of working into NOE CPC to improve the way we work. As part of our evolving service offering, we are developing ways in wh ...