Membership News Archive

BIVDA has published a position paper outlining the challenges and issues related to the unsustainable zero inflation policy of the NHS and other public bodies. Cost pressures that are affecting the global and domestic economies and the cost-of-living increases for consumers are also affecting UK businesses, and it is clear that this is reaching the point that members cannot absorb…

Helen and Michael represented BIVDA at this year’s Procurement for Health (P4H) conference event at the NEC in Birmingham on Thursday. The day was a fantastic opportunity to meet with strategic health buyers, purchasing managers, procurement clusters and NHS Trust partners to discuss important issues affecting health procurement such as the new layout of ICSs enacted in the Health and…

As mentioned in last week’s update, UKHSA has answered the questions raised at the webinar jointly held with UKHSA, ABHI and BIVDA on Monday 21st March. There has been progress on applications and various updates since the webinar was held and some of the questions asked clearly reflect a moment in time. The original Q&A document was sent to UKHSA…

On Monday, a free webinar was held on NHS Net Zero transformations, and how to Comply with Tender Requirements. On the agenda was carbon footprint calculation, compliance with PPN06/21, producing a compliant carbon reduction plan for tenders. Please find here the slides from the event, and the recording can be viewed here. A Q&A sheet with responses to questions on…