Procurement Case Studies
A range of case studies that reflect how our support in lean in healthcare, procurement best practice, commissioning consultancy and primary care consultancy have improved the effectiveness, efficiency and economy of service delivery.
LEAN IN HEALTHCARE
PROCUREMENT BEST PRACTICE
Procurement best practice: Redesign of procurement function |
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”I was impressed with the efforts and professionalism of The Consultancy Company team who brought this major procurement best practice project in on budget and worked through some tough periods of staff culture change.” Senior Manager, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Complex and inconsistent processes had hindered the ability to deliver procurement best practice with up to 50% of orders being raised as Local Purchase Orders. This two year project has delivered a step change in efficiency and control, and has involved a complex IT systems implementation, organisational restructuring and process redesign; delivered on time and within budget. Read more |
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COMMISSIONING CONSULTANCY
Joint Commissioning |
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"Commissioners of care are now challenged with the need to work in close partnership with providers, and across health and social care agencies, to redesign services; this requires skill, experience, and most of all the will of those in leadership positions." David Grant, The Consultancy Company A Local Authority and Primary Care Trust wished to improve their collective commissioning arrangments for mental health services with NHS Trusts. Read more |
PRIMARY CARE CONSULTANCY
Primary care consultancy: Continuing care review |
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“Your primary care consultants were very professional and carried out an excellent and consistent review of the case we were looking at; as outsiders you also lent greater credibility to the review process and helped us to begin initial discussions with the LA.” John James, Chief Executive, Hounslow PCT Hounslow PCT wished to make savings on their continuing care budgets. We were asked to carry out a desktop review of decisions carried out on 183 clients. A robust review against approved criteria revealed a potential savings of £1.4 million for Hounslow PCT. Read more |
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03/08/2011
Worldwide Procurement Skills Gap Read more 
05/07/2011
Community Budgets roll out planned but will poor cross-agency working reduce their effectiveness?
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06/06/2011
Manufacturing "coming off the boil"
Article Date: Jun 02 2011 Ellie Duncan, Growthbusiness.co.uk Read more
03/05/2011
Purchasing plays growing role in shared services
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