North West
Collaborative Commercial Agency

Additional benefits

• Introducing more innovative procurement methodology, which will potentially speed up the procurement process – this will incorporate evidence based processes
• Encourage business growth in North West
• Encourage a desire for people to work and relocate to the North West
• No innovative opportunities will be missed – slip through the net
• Ensure that suppliers/developers are guided to develop products which are actually needed, ensuring that the technologies/services are clinically driven, not commercially driven
• Robust governance for the NHS and the Supplier
• National recognition if the ‘model/concept’ is successful
• Innovation will be nurtured, ensuring that the NHS continues to deliver high quality care for all
• Support sustainability for our region, which in turn will reduce carbon emissions
• Removal of internal barriers such as bureaucracy – innovation needs to ‘fit’
• Remove obstacles to innovation by multi organisations not being ‘joined up’
• Improve efficiency
• Formation of co operative inter organisational networks
• Supports Clinical/Managerial relationships
• Addresses long term environmental pressure
• Specifications outcome based versus functional
• Better understanding for the tight budgetary constraints
• Risk aversion
• Supportive context for innovation