Adapting your supply chain to life outside the European Union
The UK may have left the European Union (EU) with a trade deal, but for those involved in Healthcare supply chains that does not mean it is back to business as usual. Although the worst-case scenario of a no deal has been avoided, there are still challenges for those tasked with maintaining the continuous supply of products and consumables for…
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Making the most of managed equipment services
At a time of constrained NHS budgets and competing financial demands, it’s no surprise NHS managers are turning to managed equipment services (MES). But implementing them isn’t easy. In this article, we dig deeper into some of the challenges you might face when implementing an MES and how you can overcome them. An innovative commercial model Managed services are already…
Building a resilient supply chain – lessons from the pandemic
The Coronavirus pandemic has tested supply chains to their limits over the past few months. And with annual winter pressures and a second wave speeding through the country, we need to make sure we’ve learned everything we can from 2020, in order to avoid patients carrying the consequences of a broken supply chain. The disruption caused by Covid-19 has highlighted…
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The UK Private Healthcare Market: What does the future hold?
An omnipresent COVID virus and an impending recession could have significant repercussions on the UK’s private health care sector. A prolonged recovery is likely to impact both providers and insurers. Where are we now? In March, access to independent providers of healthcare in the UK was effectively suspended as capacity was re-purposed to support the NHS’ response to COVID-19. Almost overnight an ‘at cost’ reimbursement model replaced almost all health insurance and…
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Value-Based Healthcare
Michael Porter’s original vision was an ambitious one; ‘a strategy that will fix healthcare’. In his book which introduced the concept of ‘Value-Based Healthcare’ (VBH), entitled ‘Redefining Health Care’, Porter laid out what he believed would be a new way of thinking. In doing so, he made the case for delivering the best patient outcomes for the lowest cost by…
Revealing the Real Benefits and Lessons Learned from Inventory Management Solutions in NHS Hospitals
When it comes to innovation in healthcare, it is all too easy to lose sight of the progress made and where we have come from. Back in 2014, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) mandated that all NHS trusts in England must adopt GS1. This led to Scan4Safety and, subsequently, the launch of six demonstrator sites to prove…
Brexit: Pragmatic steps to managing supply chain uncertainty
As with any level of national preparation, the uncertainty of the coming weeks poses a headache for those tasked with maintaining our healthcare supply chain. With only a matter of a possible seven weeks to go until the 31st October 2019 deadline to leave the EU, there are a number of risks and unknowns organisations must address. Alongside the national…
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NHSX – What we have learnt so far
The digitalisation of the NHS is a longstanding and well documented challenge facing healthcare organisations. Following the NHS Long term plan, which outlined the key role data and digital technology will play in delivering improvements across the NHS, NHSX (denoted NHSX) was born. Launched by Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, the joint organisation for data and digital technology has ambitious plans…
Harnessing healthcare efficiencies using three supply chain concepts
Ensuring continuity of supply in healthcare whilst the UK exits from the EU has brought the supply chain into new focus for many providers across the NHS. Progress made following the Carter report and Scan4Safety initiatives is to be lauded and has guided development in the healthcare supply chain. However, there are a number of opportunities which can be unlocked…
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Leveraging the value of innovation & disruptive technology in healthcare
The term ‘disruptive’ often has negative connotations, but when it comes to innovative technology in healthcare, it is overwhelmingly positive. While there is little doubt the health and social care system will see considerable clinical and operational gains from the implementation of emerging innovation, it still has a long way to go to be considered a leading user of technology…
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Akeso&Co recognised as a Leading UK Management Consultancy in Healthcare & Life Sciences by the Financial Times
Akeso&Co have been awarded ‘recommended’ status in the Healthcare & Life Sciences sector of the Financial Times’ UK’s Leading Management Consultants 2019 survey. We received “a significant number of recommendations from peers and clients” and thank our clients that contributed to this success. As a team we are delighted to be included on the list for the first time and…
Medicines Shortages: The Real Underlying Issues
Our conversations with NHS Chief Pharmacists around their top challenges and issues almost inevitably end up on the topic of medicines shortages. It is, therefore, interesting to see this topic hit the headlines today: “Pharmacists warn of a surge in shortage of common medicines” (link to BBC News article here). As with many news headlines written at the moment, it…