News - People Matter

#WellbeingMatters: We are here to lighten the load and offer additional resource where we can

  • 13/01/2023
  • Written by NOE CPC

Our focus for January is #WellbeingMatters. To introduce this topic, Ian Andrews, Technical Director, addresses how we can help our customers throughout the upcoming year.     "The pressures bearing on the NHS as a whole at present ar ...

The Occupational Health framework and how it can support your staff

  • 06/01/2023
  • Written by NOE CPC

Amid ongoing workforce challenges in the NHS, it has never been more important to ensure your colleagues have all the support they need in their workplace.  The NHS Workforce Alliance can help you source suppliers that will provide a range of s ...

Delivering training to procurement professionals across the country with Skills Development Network

  • 14/12/2022
  • Written by NOE CPC

North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) has been collaborating with the NHS Skills Development Network (SDN) to provide training, events, and workshops to procurement professionals for several years. During #Collaboration ...

Kevin Chidlow: Working alongside NHS Supply Chain for 5 years #CollaborationMatters

  • 07/12/2022
  • Written by NOE CPC

Collaboration is at the heart of everything NOE CPC does. We strive to share skills, knowledge, expertise, and resources across the community, to help remove duplication, reduce costs, and improve output. NOE CPC is the Category Tower Service Provid ...

A customer’s experience of working with our FM, Property and Business Services Team

  • 02/11/2022
  • Written by NOE CPC

Many customers who come to us for a project will value the expertise and knowledge of our procurement leads so much they will return to us again to tender new projects and services. Wendy Stanley, Administrator of the Estates Department at Bradford ...

Meet our HR and People Team

  • 26/10/2022
  • Written by NOE CPC

As we continue our focus on HR and People this month, Jo Barton, Senior Category Manager for HR and People, gives us an update on the workforce procurement landscape. “It has been an incredibly busy time within the workforce procurement ...

NOE CPC Timeline of Talent: Stephen Sercombe

  • 21/10/2022
  • Written by NOE CPC

Over the last 15 years NOE CPC have invested and developed an expert team. From the early veterans to the latest additions who continue to join us as we grow, we are celebrating our people throughout the #PeopleMatter month. Next in our timeline of ...

#PeopleMatter: What drives our Hotel Services team?

  • 18/10/2022
  • Written by NOE CPC

In our recent interview with Kevin Chidlow; Category Tower Director for NHS Supply Chain: Hotel Services, he said “NOE CPC being an NHS organisation is really important. Unlike other providers there are no distractions about shareholder focus a ...

NOE CPC Timeline of Talent: From the experienced to the new

  • 17/10/2022
  • Written by NOE CPC

Over the last 15 years NOE CPC have invested and developed an expert team. From the early veterans to the latest additions who continue to join us as we grow, we are celebrating our people throughout the #PeopleMatter month. Next in our timeline of t ...

NOE CPC Timeline of Talent: Kevin Chidlow

  • 17/10/2022
  • Written by NOE CPC

Over the last 15 years NOE CPC have invested and developed an expert team. From the early veterans to the latest additions who continue to join us as we grow, we are celebrating our people throughout the #PeopleMatter month. Next in our timeline ...