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Join this online pre-market engagement event with the NHS London Procurement Partnership which will focus on Workforce Technology Systems.
This framework is being brought to market through NHS England and the NHS Workforce Alliance to support the NHS Long Term Plan and Digital People Plan by providing a route to market for all software systems and digital solutions in use and in development, to support the management, deployment and development of jobs and staff and associated reporting and analytics. This framework will be open to all NHS trusts and the expectation is it will be endorsed by NHS England as the only means for trusts to procure solutions.
The scale of commercial activity for locally delivered workforce systems is significant, with an annual spend in England of between £65-90 million. The framework will be divided into the following lots:
Lot 1: Workforce Management and Engagement
Lot 2: Workforce Deployment
Lot 3: Education and Training
Lot 4: Workforce Planning and Analytics
Lot 5: Talent Management and Career Development
Each Lot will have sub-lots or categories of specific interest. These currently include:
The NHS will be continuing their premarket engagement until late September, when the ITT pack will be published via Atamis eProcurement Portal. It is expected that the evaluation will take place in December with all notices and debriefs happening throughout January and frameworks signed and returned in February.
NHS LPP are seeking feedback in relation to the following questions:
What are your impressions of the lot structure and is there anything you believe is missing / should be included?
Which standards do you believe would be critical for this Framework to support customers and organisations?
What would stop you bidding for this framework?
What would you want to see to support SME’s bidding?
What concerns you about scale of this framework and its scope?
How do you believe customers currently view the framework landscape?
Do you believe having minimal interoperability standards will support the adoption of best in class systems?
Where have you seen the largest growth over the last 2 years? (i.e. acute care, GP's etc)
Is there a minimum number of users or contract value that would stop you from bidding for a contract?
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Please note all attendees will be expected to participate in the session. Attendees will be sent questions in advance and will be invited to share their reflections on these during the meeting.
Robert joined techUK in October 2022, where he is now Programme Manager for Health and Social Care.
Robert previously worked at the Pension Protection Fund, within the policy and public affairs team. Prior to this, he worked at the Scottish Parliament, advising politicians and industry stakeholders on a wide range of issues, including rural crime and health policies.
Robert has a degree in Politics and International Relations (MA Hons) from the University of Aberdeen, with a particular focus on strategic studies and energy security. Outside of work he enjoys activities such as running, rugby, boxing and cooking!
Viola Pastorino is a policy, governance, and strategic communication specialist.
She joined techUK as the Junior Programme Manager in the Health and Care Team in April 2024.
She has obtained a Bachelor of Sciences in Governance, Economics, and Development from Leiden University, and a Master's programme in Strategic Communications at King's College London. Her academic background, leading up to a dissertation on AI policy influence and hands-on campaign development, is complemented by practical experience in international PR and grassroots project management.
She is skilled in qualitative and quantitative analysis and comfortable communicating findings to varying stakeholders. Above all, she is deeply passionate about the intersection of technology and government, especially how technology and global discourse shape one another, the processes that lead to belief polarisation and radicalisation of communities, and crafting strategic narratives that steer public discourse.
Outside of work she loves reading, live music light operation, and diving.
Clara joined techUK in October 2023. She brings experience across a range of domestic and global health issues, with particular focus on digital health, HIV/AIDS and climate change and health.
Clara holds an MSc in Global Health and Development (University College London) and a BSc in Psychology (University of Birmingham).
Rachel joined techUK in December 2024, as a Programme Manager in the Health and Social Care team.
Prior to this, Rachel worked at a specialist health and social care public affairs agency, working with a range of organisations and trade bodies across the medical technology, pharmaceutical, digital health and social care sectors. As well as this, Rachel was part of the Secretariat for a number of health and care related All-Party Parliamentary Groups.
Rachel has a Masters in Global Governance and Diplomacy from the University of Leeds, as well as a first-class honours in Politics BA from Newcastle University.
Tracy supports several areas at techUK, including Cyber Exchange, Cyber Security, Defence, Health and Social Care, Local Public Services, Nations and Regions and National Security.
Tracy joined techUK in March 2022, having worked in the education sector for 19 years, covering administration, research project support, IT support and event/training support. My most outstanding achievement has been running three very successful international conferences and over 300 training courses booked all over the globe!
Tracy has a great interest in tech. Gaming and computing have been a big part of her life, and now electric cars are an exciting look at the future. She has warmed to Alexa, even though it can sometimes be sassy!
techUK has launched a Life Sciences workstream, bringing together members actively working in drug discovery, digital therapeutics, data and AI, or those interested in moving into this space. As the Life Sciences sector looks to introduce digital health technologies into its portfolio, techUK are shaping the conversation.
The Interoperability Working Group will work towards achieving the vision set out in NHS England’s 2022 draft standards and interoperability strategy. The group will aim to encourage the adoption of open standards and fluidity of data whilst recognising the commercial needs of members. It will also focus on demonstrating the value of interoperability to NHS senior management and improving the abilities of SMEs to implement interoperability standards.
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