NHS Procurement

In the face of budget restrictions and pressure on resources, healthcare procurement can deliver a positive impact upon financial and quality measures and ultimately patient care. Streamlined, automated processes and greater choice, co-operation and competition are important elements at the heart of reform. NHS organisations must develop their procurement capability to meet world-class competencies, achieve value for money, and contribute to Trust accreditation and status.

PROACTIS extensive range of procure-to-pay solutions address the main challenges of controlling costs, achieving best value and meeting government regulations. PROACTIS helps transform the way procurement professionals manage contracts, commission goods and services and engage suppliers to reduce their legal exposure. Used properly, the solutions ensure efficiency, repeatable processes and a complete audit trail.

NHS customers include: East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust, and North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust.

Challenges for NHS

Some of the challenges our solutions help to address include:

Analysis of spend to indentify efficiencies
Buying collaboratively
Driving savings through eSourcing
Supplier adoption, evaluation and communication
Automating supplier transactions and catalogue management
Contract regulations and compliance
Purchase-to-pay automation
Reduce costs and paper in Accounts Payable

PROACTIS Spend Control & eProcurement

PROACTIS spend control and eProcurement solutions help Finance and Procurement professionals leverage finite resources to meet the policy and commercial requirements of best value, ultimately redirecting time and money back to the core task of providing frontline, citizen-focused services: