National IT Procurement Forum - 2024 dates confirmed
All NHS trust, ICB and NHS Supply Chain colleagues working in IT/digital categories and digital procurement are invited to attend the National IT Procurement Forums taking place online in 2024.
Please contact Alexis King on alexis.king@lpp.nhs.uk if you would like to attend the meetings or to suggest agenda items. Please ensure you use your NHS email address when requesting to attend.
2024 forum dates
Thursday 14 March 2.00 – 3.30pm
Thursday 11 July 2.00 – 3.30pm
Thursday 17 October 2.00 – 3.30pm
About the Forum
The National IT Procurement Forum was established in 2022. It was initiated by the Information Management & Technology (IM&T) Category Manager at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust and developed into a collaboration with NHS Procurement in Partnership (NHS PiP) which provides administrative and facilitation support. Its purpose is to provide a networking and information-sharing forum for trust IT Procurement colleagues nationally, with the focus and priorities being determined by topics that are most current within trusts.
Format
The Forum is hosted online using Microsoft Teams, with a standing agenda that encourages participation and the exchange of ideas, intelligence and information. Its objective is to provide a level of peer support enabling colleagues to follow up off-line on specific issues. Each meeting has a speaker invited to present on a relevant topic to update, share knowledge and facilitate discussion with participants.
Frequency
The group currently meets quarterly through the year. Scheduled forum dates for 2024 are:
Thursday 14 March, 2.00 – 3.30pm
Thursday 11 July, 2.00 – 3.30pm
Thursday 17 October, 2.00 – 3.30pm
Who can attend?
Eligible organisations include all NHS trusts and ICBs nationally as well as NHS Supply Chain.
All procurement and category staff working in IT and digital are invited to participate.
Please feel free to share these dates with any colleagues who you think might find this Forum of interest.
How to attend
To attend any of the planned sessions, please email Alexis King at alexis.king@lpp.nhs.uk. Please ensure you use your NHS email address when requesting to attend.