News - Values Matter

#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 ...

International Women's Day: Working in a traditionally male-dominated field

  • 08/03/2024
  • Written by Holly Arthurs

To celebrate International Women’s Day and as part of our Data Matters theme, we caught up with Data Specialist Holly Arthurs to talk about her experience of working in a traditionally male-dominated industry. Has there ever been a time wher ...

Blog: Playing an important role with healthcare cleaning professionals

  • 04/08/2023
  • Written by Camille Grech-cini

As part of our #LearningMatters focus for August, we sat down with Camille Grech-cini, Category Manager for Cleaning and Chlorine at NHS Supply Chain: Facilities and Office Solutions, to learn more about her new role with the Association of Healthcar ...

Blog: Collaborating with our suppliers to achieve a sustainable future

  • 19/06/2023
  • Written by Alastair Clay

Our focus for June is #SocialValueMatters. In this blog, Alastair Clay, our Sustainability and Social Value Manager, addresses the steps that we and the NHS are taking towards our SSV goals. Evermore increasingly, sustainability is becoming a w ...

Welcome to our New Members

  • 20/04/2023
  • Written by NOE CPC

We are delighted to announce that all of our existing members have renewed their contracts for three years, reaffirming the added value we provide to our members and the industry-leading services we offer. We are also welcoming eight new members to ...

One year on since the introduction of 10% weighting for SSV in procurement

  • 11/04/2023
  • Written by NOE CPC

In April 2022 NHS England introduced a 10% minimum social value into all procurement, which was outlined in the Procurement Policy Note 06/20 (PPN). The PPN explains that when evaluating tender responses, government departments will use the ...

NOE CPC Members' Forum March 2023: NHS England Sustainable Procurement Update

  • 23/03/2023
  • Written by NOE CPC

Alastair Clay, Sustainable Procurement Manager at NHS England, recently presented a Sustainable Procurement Update at our Members’ Forum. Here is an overview of the key activities addressing sustainability in the NHS. The sustainability and so ...

NHS Supply Chain award NOE CPC Facilities (including Office Solutions) category

  • 15/03/2023
  • Written by NOE CPC

NHS Supply Chain has announced the appointment of its Non-Medical Category Management Service Providers (CMSPs) awarding NOE CPC the Facilities (including Office Solutions) category. Keith Rowley, Managing Director at NOE CPC says, &l ...

Blog: NOE CPC are excited by the role we’re increasingly playing in the ICS landscape

  • 13/03/2023
  • Written by Keith Rowley

Our focus for March is #ValuesMatter. To discuss this topic, Keith Rowley, Managing Director, talks about the values which are at the centre of everything we do at NOE CPC. “As we head into the new financial year, we are reflecting on our valu ...

NOE CPC celebrates International Women's Day 2023

  • 08/03/2023
  • Written by NOE CPC

To celebrate International Women’s Day this year, we wanted to highlight our four female Senior Category Managers, who oversee and manage the procurement process in each of our four categories, Healthcare and Pharmacy, HR & People, Technolo ...