Procurement Information
Dear North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust,
I would be most grateful if you could provide the following information please.
1. What are your current invoice volumes?
2. How many suppliers have you paid in the last 12 months?
3. What is the current spend of the Trust that is managed by Procurement?
4. What is the value of spend not managed by Procurement?
5. How much spend is raised without a Purchase order?
6. How much spend is raised with a Purchase order but after the spend has already been committed?
7. Which systems to you currently use in each area of the Trust for:
a. Requisitioning / Receipting
b. Catalogue Management
c. Inventory
d. Invoicing
e. Financial ledger
f. Contracts database
g. Other P2P systems
8. NHS Supply Chain
a. Do you use NHSSC?
b. What percentage of overall procurement spend is with NHS SC?
c. Which categories / products do you buy from NHS SC?
9. What is the average time from requisition point by the end user to delivery for non standard products & services?
10. What is the average time for payment of Non NHS Suppliers over the last 12 months?
11. How do you source goods / services / suppliers?
12. Where do you access contracts from? Internal / external? If externally, who is your provider?
13. Do you use Procurement cards for purchasing? If not, why not?
14. How many cards do you have in the Trust?
15. What spend level does your procurement card go up to?
16. Do you have other methods of paying suppliers / 3rd parties that are not paid via BACS or credit card?
Thank you in advance
Yours faithfully,
Sandra Black
Dear Sandra Black,
Please accept this as acknowledgement of receipt of your request for
information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
We are processing your request and a response is due to you by 31st
October 2017 in accordance with the 20 working days deadline stipulated by
the Act.
Kind Regards,
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Marie Pass
Receptionist
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
Lawton House
Bellringer Road
Trentham
ST4 8HH
Website: [2]www.combined.nhs.uk
Follow us on Twitter [3]@CombinedNHS
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Telephone: 0300 123 1535 extension 6661
Internal extension: FN6661
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Dear Sandra Black,
Further to your recent FOI request, I am writing to apologise for the
delay in responding and to advise that a response is currently being
finalised.
Kind Regards,
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Marie Pass
Receptionist
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
Lawton House
Bellringer Road
Trentham
ST4 8HH
Website: [2]www.combined.nhs.uk
Follow us on Twitter [3]@CombinedNHS
Follow us on Facebook [4]here
Telephone: 0300 123 1535 extension 6661
Internal extension: FN6661
[5]http://i7.cmail19.com/ei/d/E8/06C/E36/23...
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2. http://www.combined.nhs.uk/
http://www.combined.nhs.uk/
3. https://twitter.com/CombinedNHS
4. https://www.facebook.com/pages/North-Sta...
Please see attached response to your request and apologies for the delay
Kind regards
Justine Scotcher
Email: [1][email address]
01782 275122
Executive PA to Dr Adeyemo, Medical Director
Executive PA to Suzanne Robinson, Director of Finance, Performance and
Digital
Lawton House
Trust Headquarters
Bellringer Road
Trentham Lakes South
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffs ST4 8HH
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