Case study – Procurement transformation in the NHS

• NHS Foundation Trust providing acute care for over 400,000 people from two main hospitals and a range of specialist centres for x-ray, blood testing and cardiothoracic services.
• Recognising the value of excellent procurement, the objective was to transform a back-office transactional purchasing function into a high-performing strategic procurement function

• Review and benchmark of existing purchasing function
• Use of best-in-class tools and models to assess current organisation and performance
• Development of future organisational models; costed, reviewed and validated with Trust executive
• Publication of Trust Procurement Transformation roadmap

Strategic Review and Procurement Transformation Plan:

• Procurement ROI model developed for both current and future organisation showing clear business case for the transformation of procurement
• Three year transformation road-map covering all aspects of procurement function; process, governance, people, infrastructure and reporting