Congratulations to all winners and finalists in the NHS in the North Excellence in Supply Awards 2019
A host of health and care organisations and small businesses from across the North West Coast have collected honours in this year’s NHS in the North Excellence in Supply Awards.
The awards, hosted by the NHS Northern Customer Board and Health Innovation North West Coast, celebrate the work of businesses, third sector organisations and the NHS in collaborating to deliver great patient care.
The awards are sponsored by the Health Innovation North West Coast, Health Innovation Manchester and Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network.
Cheshire company Healthcare Communications won the prestigious Supplier of the Year award, as well as carrying off the Support Services award.
NHS award-winners included Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust, North West Shared Infrastructure Services and Healthier Lancashire and South Cumbria, which jointly won the NHS Procurement Innovation Award.
Meanwhile, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (now part of Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) carried off the NHS Supplier Engagement award.
Dr Liz Mear, Chief Executive of Health Innovation North West Coast, said:
“All the award winners deserve huge congratulations. At their heart, these awards showcase some fantastic collaborations between NHS organisations and their partners that ensure improved patient care.”
Mick Guymer, Chair of the NHS Northern Customer Board, added:
“The quality and diversity of the work that’s being rolled out across the region is very impressive. It’s very encouraging that so many collaborations are taking place to overcome the challenges we face and deliver efficiencies and better care.”
And the winners are...

Supplier of the Year 2019
Healthcare Communications
Acute Sector Award
Winner
DrDoctor and Intouch With Health
Transforming outpatient services through digital collaboration
Highly commended
LloydsPharmacy
LloydsPharmacy outpatient dispensing and delivery services
Finalists
Approach Medical Limited and Possum Limited
How we saved one NHS ward £417,000 in one year
Attends
Continence formulary change
Karl Storz
Karl Storz camera replacement at James Cook University Hospital
Innovation Award
Winner
IEG4
Digital transformation of continuing healthcare
Highly commended
Patchwork Health
Digital transformation of temporary staffing
Finalists
academyCP
Massage therapy service
d2 Digital By Design Limited
Identifying stroke mimics using mobile technology
Apadmi with NHSBT
DonorPath
Stericycle
Bio systems sharps management service
Fortrus Limited
Paper Free Health Record (PFHR)
Natus Nicolet TA Otometrics
Transforming audiology in line with NHS digitisation
Kimberly-Clark Professional
Reducing hand hygiene spend and driving efficiencies at the Northern Care Alliance with Scott® Rolled Hand Towel
Synopsis Healthcare
Digitising pre-operative assessments to improve the flow to theatre
Mental Health & Community Sector Award
Winner
Frontier Medical Group
A new model for a needle exchange programme
Finalists
Glow New Media Limited
SafeTeam Guardian
Select Medical Limited
Making Greater Manchester mental health wards safer and more comfortable for service users and staff
Moving Essence Limited
Moving Essence Nature Art support: a sensory room at Ribblemere Mother and Baby Unit
Value Based Procurement Award
Winner
Radiology Management Solutions
Helping the NHS save money and increase efficiency through better utilisation of in-house radiology resources
Highly commended
Urgo Medical
Spend to save: providing a district nursing team with a head start
Finalists
Abbott Nutrition
Providing value-based procurement for NHS trusts
Health Diagnostics
Boosting NHS staff wellbeing with a digital health check toolkit
SHS Partners Surgical Limited
Delivery of a value-based procurement
Apogee Corporation
Innovative technology optimises The Christie's print infrastructure
Patient Experience Award
Winner
Moving Essence Limited
Moving Essence Nature Art support: Ingleside Birth and Community Centre
Finalists
B Braun Medical Limited
Orthopaedic pathway: digitising care to empower patients
D&G Builders and Joiners Limited
Rapid assessment triage service
Natus Nicolet TA Otometrics
Transforming balance services for adult and paediatric patients with dizziness
DA Languages Limited
Providing local insight while sharing a global view
Intouch with Health
Transforming the outpatient experience
Small Business Award
Winner
Olympus Associates Limited
KitMan
Highly commended
Patchwork
Reducing reliance and spend on agency locums
SF Taylor
Strategic partnership, consolidation and compliance
Finalists
Topknots
Wig supplier
Inovus Medical
Affordable, accessible, functional healthcare simulation
D&G Builders and Joiners Limited
Helping to build the future NHS
Impact Consulting Psychologists Limited
Celebrating 25 years of service to the NHS
DA Languages Limited
The leading interpreting and translation provider to the NHS.
SHS Partners Surgical Limited
Maximising efficiencies and the use of resources within the NHS
Pervade Software Limited
Cyber security plus for the Global Digital Exemplar Programme
Support Services Award
Winner
Healthcare Communications
Patient portal: digital-first patient letters and communications
Highly commended
Acorn Partnership
The Acorn Partnership healthcare innovation co-foundry
Finalists
North West Private Ambulance Liaison Services Limited
Patient transport services
Health Diagnostics
Pioneering community public health provision in Newcastle
B Braun Medical Limited
B Braun Clinical Education Team
SF Taylor
‘It’s Not Just Ink on Paper’: printed forms and documents for the NHS.
NHS Procurement Rising Star
Winner
Ben McKeogh
Senior buyer, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Finalists
Ellie Tivinan
Procurement Manager, Northern Care Alliance NHS Group
Amelia Hayes
Assistant buyer, NHS Supply Chain
Dawn Cowhig
Category buyer, NHS Supply Chain
Gemma Bushell
Senior buyer, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Sam Fletcher
Senior buyer, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Jessica Crolla
Senior buyer, St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mark Miller, buyer
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
NHS Supplier Engagement
Winner
Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Nominated by Lexmark.
Highly Commended
Lancashire Procurement Cluster
Nominated by SF Taylor
Finalists
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Nominated by North West Blood Bikes
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
Nominated by Attends
Northern Care Alliance NHS Group
Nominated by IntelliCentrics UK Limited.
Northern Care Alliance NHS Group
Nominated by Delta Surgical
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Nominated by Radiology Management Solutions
NHS Procurement Champion
Winner
Satpal Singh
Head of Medical Physics, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
Highly Commended
Tissue Viability Team
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Finalists
Claire Kerr
Team Leader for General Surgery in Theatres, Chorley and South Ribble Hospital
Estates Team
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
NHS Procurement Innovation
Winner
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, North West Shared Infrastructure Services and Healthier Lancashire and South Cumbria
Procuring the HSCN compliant future of Lancashire's NHS Wide Area Network
Highly commended
NHS Lancashire Procurement Cluster
Clinical procurement leadership
Finalists
North of England NHS Commercial Procurement Collaborative
Yorkshire and Humber community and mental health temporary staffing workforce cluster
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Managed service for the provision of digital transformation solutions
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Intraoperative neuromonitoring services and products
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Off-site surgical and medical capacity solutions
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Smart building solutions using the internet of things
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
GDPR-compliant IT disposal and secure data destruction
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Managed video conferencing solutions
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