The NHS eProcurement Strategy is a set of measures for greater efficiency and transparency in NHS procurement to enable better patient care. It was published by the Department of Health in May 2014. The Department of Health is expecting the implementation of the Strategy to generate savings of between £3 to £5 million per hospital every year.
All organisations in the NHS supply chain are required to implement the eProcurement Strategy by adopting GS1 and PEPPOL standards. These standards will help to drive supply chain efficiencies and enable better product identification and traceability globally.
The eProcurement Strategy sets a foundation for the automation of the electronic business documents exchange in the healthcare supply chain through use of technology. This includes documents related to purchasing of goods and services, for example purchase orders and invoices, and publish the same data attributes on each product available to the NHS in a centralised database, using the same unique "language" standard across the whole supply chain.
We will guide you through all the requirements of the NHS e-Procurement including allocating your GTIN's and GLN's and advising you on everything you need to know about PEPPOL. Once your product data is ready to be submitted to the NHS e-catalogue we will run quality control checks, recommend a data pool provider and then upload it for you. Our service is ongoing and we will keep up to date with all new regulation on your behalf making sure you are compliant.