NHS Wales
National Health Service in Wales has taken the pioneering decision to roll-out the xchangewales eTrading across the service in Wales. There are now three NHS organisations who have been set up and are actively using xchangewales eTrading.
Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board went live in June and the first electronic transaction was generated on 28th June 2010. They were followed by Betsi Cadwaladr and Welsh Ambulance who went live in early August 2010.
The Welsh Government, in partnership with ProcServe, is changing the way procurement is carried out in Wales. xchangewales eTrading is an online service that allows buyers to manage catalogue content and order goods and services through a wide range of approved framework and privately held electronic catalogues. The xchangewales hub solution is available to all Public Sector bodies including local and central government agencies as well as the NHS and schools across Wales.
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Procurement has to be able to demonstrate that it is able to influence 100% of its organisation’s spend. If it can’t then there is little chance of Procurement being seen as relevant in future or of it being able to drive value from over £200bn worth of third party spend. There is a much better chance of achieving this by working together. I am certain that there are the right people in sufficient numbers in the public sector to do this but they have to be focussed upon the right things.
David Shields, Managing Director, Government Procurement Service
