Overview:
The NHS is undergoing major structural change. This session provides suppliers with an essential map of the NHS buyer landscape and how to navigate it.

Topics Covered:
• How procurement decisions are made across ICSs, trusts, regions, and national bodies
• The Provider Selection Regime (PSR) and its implications for suppliers
• NHS Supply Chain structures and increasing framework utilisation
• Maintaining supplier relationships during organisational transition
• Forthcoming structural and governance changes suppliers must plan for

Supplier Takeaways:
• Clear map of NHS buying routes and decision-makers
• Where your product/service fits in the buyer ecosystem
• Practical engagement strategies for a changing NHS

Overview:
The Procurement Act 2023 brings new processes, flexibilities, and opportunities for suppliers—particularly SMEs and UK based manufacturers.

Topics Covered:
• Key reforms under the Act: flexible procedures, transparency, KPIs
• Using the new Central Digital Platform to find NHS opportunities
• SME friendly measures and reduced barriers to entry
• Social value priorities and implications for UK suppliers
• Supply chain resilience and the drive to strengthen domestic capability

Supplier Takeaways:
• How the Act affects NHS tendering and evaluation
• How to prepare compliant, competitive bids under the new rules
• Opportunities emerging for UK-based suppliers and SMEs

Overview:
Technology is at the heart of the NHS 10 Year Health Plan. This panel explains how digital, data, AI, cybersecurity, and cloud solutions are procured.

Topics Covered:
• Digital investment priorities across ICSs and trusts
• Procurement routes for digital and AI solutions
• Interoperability and cybersecurity requirements
• NHS Innovation Service pathways
• ERP and supply chain digital modernisation programmes

Supplier Takeaways:
• Priority areas for digital investment
• Required technical standards and assurance processes
• Best routes for digital innovators entering the NHS market

Overview:
AI is moving rapidly into operational and clinical workflows. Suppliers need to understand evaluation, assurance, and adoption pathways.

Topics Covered:
• Current AI deployments and lessons learned from NHS buyers
• Procurement and evaluation criteria for AI tools
• Data governance, interoperability, and legacy system integration
• Evidence requirements for demonstrating value
• Pathways from pilot to scaled adoption

Supplier Takeaways:
• What NHS buyers are prioritising in AI procurement
• How to position AI solutions credibly and compliantly
• How to move from proof of concept to meaningful adoption

Overview:
The NHS faces a major estates challenge and a significant capital pipeline, including the New Hospitals Programme.

Topics Covered:
• Current status and pipeline for the New Hospitals Programme
• Estate modernisation priorities across England
• Net zero requirements for suppliers
• Key construction, estates, and facilities frameworks
• MMC (Modern Methods of Construction) and modular opportunities
• Equipment and fit out requirements

Supplier Takeaways:
• Where capital investment will flow over the next decade
• Which frameworks and procurement routes matter
• How to align with sustainability and net-zero policy