Our Exhibitors

ABHI is the UK’s leading industry association for health technology (HealthTech). ABHI supports the HealthTech community to save and enhance lives. Members, including both multinationals and small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), supply products from syringes and wound dressings to surgical robots, diagnostics and digitally enhanced technologies.

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AdviseInc is a leading HealthTech company, providing data analytics and insight to the healthcare market. AdviseInc’s Price Benchmarking platform is used UK wide by the NHS, assisting buyers to make sense of the billions of pounds that is spent each year.  We continue to develop products that add value and efficiency into the wider healthcare sector.

Amazon Business works with NHS organisations to improve procurement processes, leading to cost and time efficiencies, productivity gains, and valuable purchasing insights. Our solutions help procurement leaders regain control over direct and indirect spend, supporting adherence to net zero & social values targets, PEPPOL e-Invoicing, P2P processes, and framework compliance. With access to hundreds of millions of items, Amazon Business simplifies supplier consolidation, making the procurement of non-contract orders more efficient, reducing staff time, and enabling customisation of allowable items. Find out more at: business.amazon.co.uk/healthcare

As a new generation medical device company, Applied Medical is equally committed to improving the accessibility and affordability of high-quality healthcare globally. We achieve this through a vertically integrated business model that enables our team members to develop technologies that enhance clinical care, while offering boundless opportunities for professional growth.

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Atamis is a leading UK procurement software provider that increases efficiencies throughout the strategic sourcing cycle. The Atamis system has been deployed to over 300 organisations including the Cabinet Office for contract & supplier management, Admiral Group plc for eSourcing and supplier due diligence, NHS England for pre-procurement approval and the Welsh Government for analysing £6bn p.a. of cross-public sector spend. Atamis is the provider for the Department of Health and Social Care’s end-to-end eCommercial system, which is either already implemented or in the process of being rolled out across NHS Bodies, DHSC arm’s length bodies and other parts of the Health Service. Atamis is a flexible software-as-a-service solution, allowing clients to select from a portfolio of Apps, Enhancers & Integrations to meet their needs and enable ultimate procurement data mobility. Powered by Salesforce, Atamis boasts sophisticated reporting capabilities. Reliable, responsive and intuitive, information in the system is accurate and instantly available. Clients tell us that no other procurement system is as capable of meeting custom requirements but what sets Atamis apart above all else is the quality support you’ll get from a dedicated team of responsive, proactive and talented people who take pride in personally ensuring your procurement operation has maximum impact. Our trio of core Apps are designed to target a different section of the entire sourcing lifecycle, delivering a dynamic, end-to-end solution when combined. Our Pipeline App empowers your team to plan and forecast for upcoming procurement activities. The pre-procurement stages are so often overlooked, but with Pipeline, you can achieve clarity during crucial budget approval stages and effectively forecast resource requirements for your upcoming activities. Pipeline supports teams in modernising procurement workflows with customisable approval processes tailored to your project's needs. Say goodbye to manual approval tracking - our system sends automatic email alerts to approvers as your project progresses through each stage, keeping everyone in the loop. Atamis’ Tender App empowers procurement teams to seamlessly create, manage, and visualise all sourcing activities. Designed with scalable functionality, it supports procurement functions at every stage of your maturity journey. From organising core sourcing information to issuing tenders and receiving bids, Tender streamlines the entire process. Procurement Projects within our Tender App, are effortlessly generated from pre-configured templates, ranging from quick quotes to comprehensive tenders. Custom templates offer flexibility, saving time and ensuring procedural compliance by presenting pre-loaded questions, documents, procurement team members and approved suppliers. Atamis’ Contract & Supplier App provides Procurement teams with a robust, central database through which to manage all supplier relationships and contracts. The Atamis platform acts as a core repository for actionable data, empowering teams to drive value, spot opportunities and maintain key supplier relationships. From tracking supplier performance against SLAs, to easily spotting off-contract spend, the Atamis Contract & Supplier App is the keystone of our end-to-end Procurement Software Solution. Equip your team with tailored functionality designed to drive strategic, data-driven decision-making. Atamis' Apps (Pipeline, Tender and Contract & Supplier) are designed to provide core functionality to support the entire procurement lifecycle. Your data is seamlessly available across your Atamis platform, empowering your team to make data-driven decisions. Our catalogue of Enhancers enrich your tailored solution, with our team configuring the unique functionality/terminology you need to drive your procurement function forward.

Servicing both the public and private sector, Bates Office offers a tailored office solution alongside proactive account management, in-house logistics and demonstrable sustainability initiatives. We are a business with a purpose beyond profit. Leading from the front on sustainability, Bates Office is taking direct action by delivering positive impacts to address the most pressing challenges of our time. We have altered the way we work, sell and buy in a commitment to continually improve the three pillars of sustainability: Environment, Economic and Social. We now operate across a number of business sectors, consolidating spend and removing unnecessary costs applied to having multiple suppliers. We are specialists in the following services; Office Supplies, Office Furniture, Total Building Solutions, Design & Print, Tail-End Management, Document & Waste Management, Janitorial & Sanitary, MPS and Digital Services.

Capita is a leading provider of business process services, driven by data, technology and people. Every day our 43,000 colleagues help millions of people, by delivering innovative, digitally enabled solutions to transform and simplify the connections between government and citizens, businesses and customers.

Aiming to be the firm of choice for organisations who work to make a difference, Capsticks has supported the NHS and wider healthcare sector for more than 40 years. Our lawyers are fully immersed in procurement law and the sector’s unique challenges, always committed to assist you with practical, market-driven solutions that reflect your day-to-day work. We can advise you on achieving the best possible outcome in everything from option appraisals, negotiation with suppliers to the implementation of complex procurement processes. We’ll help your team thrive by offering interactive workshops and training sessions, client care initiatives and bespoke financial arrangements. Talk to our experts today to find out more about how Capsticks can help.

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) is the chartered body for professionals involved in the movement of goods and people and their associated supply chains. We bring together the five distinct communities of Logistics & Freight Movement, People Mobility, Planning in Transport, Operations and Supply Chain Management and Sustainability & the Global Community and provide specialist activities and multi-sector engagement through their associated forums and policy groups. First established in 1919, The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK is a registered charity and part of the CILT international family with over 33,000 members in countries across the world.

Since 1963, Cook Medical has worked with physicians to develop technologies.We invent, manufacture, and deliver a unique portfolio of medical devices to the healthcare systems of the world. Serving patients is a privilege, and we demand the highest standards of quality, ethics, and service in all that we do.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust consists of a 600 bedded large district General Hospital, which provides its services on the Countess of Chester Health Park, and a 64 bedded Intermediate Care Service at Ellesmere Port Hospital. The Trust has almost 4,000 staff and provides a range of medical services to more than 445,000 patients per year from an areas covering Western Cheshire, Ellesmere Port, Neston and North Wales. The Countess of Chester Hospital has an excellent reputation for delivering high quality patient care and is nationally accredited at the highest levels in many areas, in particular those relating to clinical outcomes and patient safety. Our aim is to be the preferred hospital of choice for our traditional community, and a preferred hospital of choice for patients from a wider area, and to continue to provide a comprehensive, high quality, and accessible range of emergency and elective services to all our patients. We want our patients to be assured that they will receive their care as rapidly as possible in a first-class environment, be treated with courtesy and dignity, and be confident that the outcome of their clinical care will be of the highest standards and safety.

Every buying decision you make has the power to make a difference and Crown Commercial Service (CCS) can help the Health Sector with those decisions. Our technical and commercial expertise can help buyers purchase everything from vehicles to hospitals. The collective purchasing power of our customers, plus our market-leading commercial expertise, means we can offer a range of agreements that can help support health priorities and achieve the best possible outcomes as well as delivering social value, carbon net zero, meeting sustainability targets and value for money. Visit our website to discover more: www.crowncommercial.gov.uk.

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Haemoband Surgical is a pioneering medical device company dedicated to transforming the field of colorectal surgery. Founded with a commitment to innovation and excellence, Haemoband Surgical specializes in developing advanced, user-friendly solutions for the treatment of hemorrhoids and other colorectal conditions. The company is headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and has earned a reputation for quality and reliability in the medical community. Haemoband Surgical’s flagship product, the Haemoband Plus Multi-Band Ligator, showcases their expertise in creating efficient and effective medical devices that enhance patient care and improve clinical outcomes. With a focus on research and development, Haemoband Surgical continually strives to bring cutting-edge technologies to market, addressing unmet needs in general surgery. The team at Haemoband Surgical is comprised of experienced professionals dedicated to improving the standards of medical treatment through innovation and collaboration. For more information, visit www.haemoband.com.

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Hempsons has an established procurement law practice and a national reputation for the provision of high quality pragmatic legal advice and project management in this area. Procurement law is a fast moving and evolving area of law where specialist input is essential. Public procurement generally has never had such a high profile. The Procurement Act 2023 has received Royal Assent, and is expected to come into force in October 2024. The introduction of the Provider Selection Regime (assuming it receive approval from Parliament) will provide a bespoke regime for the commissioning of health care services. The PSR is expected to come into force on 1 January 2024. Working alongside the NHS England policy team and NHS England legal team, Hempsons has advised on the development of the PSR over the past two years. This is therefore a period of significant change. This will bring a number of opportunities, and challenges, to contracting authorities and suppliers. Our specialist procurement team, headed up by Andrew Daly, sits within a wider Corporate Commercial department and provides advice to contracting authorities and bidders nationally. We also provide support and advice for organisations in receipt of grant funding who are required to run competitive processes and who may not ordinarily do so in their normal course of business.

The Healthcare Project and Change Association (HPCA) is a sustainable, not-for-profit organisation, hosted by the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), that promotes professional standards and supports the interests of project and change professionals in healthcare in the UK. It builds the workforce capacity and capability needed to enable the system to change and innovate for the benefit of patients and service users.

Formally known as KCS Professional Services, learn about how their rebrand is just the start of huge growth plans for KCS Procurement in 2022 and beyond. KCS Procurement Services has gone from strength to strength over the last 18 months. Created just seven years ago with a team of six and a handful of frameworks, the business has now grown to a team of 30, with over 30 frameworks and services for the public sector, and with a value of orders placed via those frameworks upwards of £250million. And this is just the start. From April 2022, KCS Procurement Services will embark on a monumental transformation plan which will set them on their journey to their target; being the No.1 provider of frameworks nationally to the public sector.

Lexmark’s solutions are designed to meet the “Paperless challenge” within the NHS. Few hospitals can make the “big bang” jump from current paper-based technologies to fully digital in one step, and technologies are needed which help make the transition more gradual, using adoption of “paper light” techniques and a modular approach through which hospitals can add incremental functionality in line with their ability to change

Liaison Group is a trusted partner to the NHS, specialising in recovering cash for reinvestment and freeing up time to deliver more care. Through our Workforce, Financial and Care businesses, we support ICSs and organisations with technology and expertise. We are dedicated to improving the health economy through expert advisors, established and innovative technology and best practice process improvement, learnt from over 30 years of observing and delivering proven programmes.

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Why Lyreco? – Your responsible workplace supplies partner Lyreco are more than just a workplace solutions company. We partner with our customers to drive performance, from savings to sustainability. We provide everything organisations need for their teams to have a great working day – wherever they work. And social and environmental responsibility runs through everything we do. As a longstanding and leading workplace supply and logistics partner to the Healthcare industry, Lyreco have built up a wealth of operational knowledge to best support NHS and healthcare organisations. Lyreco work directly with over 1,300 NHS and healthcare organisations, from large Acute NHS Trusts to local GP surgeries, supporting them with industry leading next day delivery solutions to over 7,200 front line locations every month, supported by dedicated healthcare focussed Account Managers. Lyreco offer compliant framework routes for all to meet all of your workplace supply requirements including: NHS Supply Chain Tower 2 – Sterile Intervention Equipment and Associated Consumables • Single Use Theatre Protective Clothing (Face Masks and Eye Protection) Tower 3 – Infection Control and Wound Care • Disposable Wipes for Surface Cleaning and Disinfection Tower 9 – Office Solutions • Office Supplies • Batteries Lighting Tools and Associated Facilities Management Consumables • Office and Outdoor Furniture Tower 11 – Hotel Services • Cleaning Supplies, Equipment and Associated Products • Textiles and Associated Products (Non-clinical PPE) HealthTrust Europe – Total Workplace Solutions NHS SBS (Shared Business Service) – White Goods (Commercial and Domestic), Kitchen Appliances and Office Furniture East of England Collaborative Procurement Hub – Minor Medical Products Our extensive product offering includes: • Office Supplies • Hygiene • PPE • White Goods • Small Domestic Appliances • IT Hardware • Office Furniture • Tail End Sourcing and Management • Healthcare specific products Our aim is to provide hassle free service, best value for money and quality products which allow NHS and Healthcare organisations to focus on and deliver their vital work to our society. We are proud to support all our NHS and Healthcare providers and we thank you for all your valuable work.

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Mediq is a leading supplier to NHS Trusts, NHS Health Boards, Ambulance Services and UK NHSSCs. As their trusted distribution partner, we empower healthcare professionals to provide the best care to patients, every day. Our high-quality products, services and efficient solutions lower costs, save time and support your net zero ambitions.

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NHS Shared Business Services was created in 2004 by the Department of Health and Social Care to deliver the most cost effective and highest quality corporate services to the NHS. A unique joint venture with Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital services and software development, we make life easier for NHS employees, patients, and suppliers, and deliver value for money to the taxpayer. Proud members of the NHS family, we provide finance & accounting, procurement, workforce, digital and expert advisory services to more than half the NHS in England. We are a trusted, strategic procurement partner, investing in solutions that improve the health system and deliver savings back to the NHS. Our proven end-to-end solutions meet ICS needs, delivering savings year-on-year, and we offer compliant access to savings of up to 15% in a health specialised supply chain, all supported by our team of experts. For more information, please visit www.sbs.nhs.uk

Comprised of a team of health workforce experts from Crown Commercial Service and NHS Procurement in Partnership, nobody is better placed to meet NHS staffing challenges than NHS Workforce Alliance. As a part of the NHS ourselves, we’re committed to working in partnership with NHS organisations to deliver workforce solutions.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has a proud history of providing non-core healthcare commercial services to other public sector and not-for-profit organisations. We are known for our award-winning car salary sacrifice scheme, NHS Fleet Solutions, which supports 45,000 colleagues working in 350 public sector organisations. Alongside this our Home Electronics salary sacrifice scheme, in partnership with Currys, helps to ease cost of living pressures for staff replacing home and mobile technology items. Our Trust established a factory during the Covid pandemic to make reusable garments and single-use PPE. Today this manufacturing and warehousing facility spans over 40,000 sq/m and offers a growing catalogue of UK-made products used in clinical and non-clinical healthcare settings. Through our openness to collaborate and innovate, we also let a framework for a sustainable waste management solution for certain types of healthcare waste.

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PENTAX Medical provides endoscopic imaging devices and solutions to the global medical community. Specialising in video and fibreoptic endoscopy equipment for diagnostic and therapeutic applications including Gastroenterology, ENT and Pulmonary medical fields, it offers a full range of products and services based on leading-edge R&D and manufacturing.

'Capture the data once, use it in many ways' Our h-trak system accurately identifies products used in surgical procedures, providing a rich source of information to enrich patient level costing; trigger stock replenishment and ‘track and trace’ clinical implants for Scan4Safety. Using h-trak, hospitals achieve cost savings, boost patient safety and manage inventory effectively. www.prospitalia-htrak.com

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At SAP, our purpose is to help the world run better and improve people’s lives. Our promise is to innovate to help our customers run at their best. SAP is committed to helping every customer become a best-run business. We engineer solutions to fuel innovation, foster equality, and spread opportunity across borders and cultures. Together, with our customers and partners, we can transform industries, grow economies, lift up societies, and sustain our environment.

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The NHS Skills Development Network operates across NHS organisations in England. Its remit is to provide the infrastructure for improving leadership and professional development skills, raising standards and sharing best practice through economy-wide learning. The Skills Development Network uses this dedicated website to publicise and support its work and provides resources for personal and organisational development.

SPARK TSL works with over 80 NHS Trusts across the UK to provide a cutting-edge WiFi, patient engagement, and analytics platform that seamlessly integrates with clinical and administrative systems, addressing both sector-wide and site-specific pain points. Introducing our latest product, SPARK Fusion. This innovative solution utilises iPads at the bedside to enhance communication and streamline processes between staff and patients. SPARK Fusion is designed to improve patient care efficiency and experience, further solidifying our commitment to advancing healthcare technology.

NHS Supply Chain manages the sourcing, delivery and supply of healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales. We are part of the NHS family, managing more than 7.7 million orders per year across 129,420 order points and 16,705 locations. We deliver over 35 million lines of picked goods to the NHS annually, and our systems consolidate orders from over 930 suppliers. This enables us to bring value to our NHS partners, including saving time and money in removing duplication of overlapping contracts

An inclusive motoring package with CPC Drive Keep your employees happy and mobile with the public sector’s car benefit scheme. Whether you’re providing an exciting salary sacrifice perk to motivate employees or cars for business and/or leisure, the CPC Drive car benefit framework is the ideal solution. Designed with the public sector in mind, competitive procurement and special discounts guarantee your organisation the lowest available prices. Boosting budgets and helping employees make more of their money.

Uber Health is a technology platform that unlocks Uber's existing driver network (largest in the UK), and allows healthcare organisations to book non-emergency patient transport at scale, in a GDPR-enabled way, with full transparency, control, and monthly billing options. Our mission is to reimagine the way that patients access healthcare. Improve appointment attendance, reduce and monitor costs, finally get transparency on your transport spend.

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Virtualstock is a leading SaaS technology company that provides a marketplace platform in the health sector. Virtualstock has launched Framespan, a central directory of all NHS frameworks. Framespan gives one view of all the frameworks in the market, saving procurement professionals time searching for the correct procurement pathway. Framespan takes the pain out of searching for the correct procurement pathway allowing buyers to quickly find the right framework and supplier.

W. L. Gore & Associates is a global materials science company dedicated to transforming industries and improving lives. Since 1958, Gore has solved complex technical challenges in demanding environments — from outer space to the world’s highest peaks to the inner workings of the human body. With more than 11,000 Associates and a strong, team-oriented culture, Gore generates annual revenues of $3.8 billion. For more information, visit gore.com. Gore engineers medical devices that treat a range of cardiovascular and other health conditions. With more than 50 million medical devices implanted over the course of more than 45 years, Gore builds on its legacy of improving patient outcomes through research, education and quality initiatives. Product performance, ease of use and quality of service provide sustainable cost savings for physicians, hospitals and insurers. Gore is joined in service with clinicians and through this collaboration we are improving lives. For more information, visit goremedical.com.

Tackling health inequalities doesn’t have to be difficult. Word360 are pioneers in industry-leading technologies and services that are designed to drive a better patient experience for non-English speaking service users. Our data and insight solutions are designed in partnership with the NHS, for the NHS and cover a range of services including: - Interpreting available in over 450 languages and dialects - On-demand video and telephone interpreting - Document translation services - Patient-facing communication solutions - Services for the d/Deaf community - Written, visual and tactile support Find out more about our FREE NHS trial offers at the HCSA Winter Conference 2023 or go to www.word360.co.uk