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Understanding how the NEP Consortium works in 5 easy steps

Wednesday 22 March 2017

Our Consortium

NEP Consortium is a large group of NHS Organisations that have joined together to make savings and to achieve their common NHS Finance and Procurement system goals. NEP Consortium is a not-for-profit organisation that uses a simple and proven business model. Organisations who are members of the NEP Consortium work together collaboratively sharing knowledge, expenditure and risks in order to provide a common shared NHS Finance and Procurement solution.

5 Ways we can help your NHS Organisations

  1. NHS Organisations working collaboratively are much stronger than those working in isolation. NEP is able to speak with one voice to suppliers and service providers and the collective financial strength means we can negotiate lower prices for commercial solutions and services. This means that we are able to reduce service costs and achieve better terms and conditions of use.
  2. The Consortium model brings significant economies of scale which in turn lead to efficiency savings. In the NEP Consortium, service management, support and development functions are centralised meaning members do not have to spend valuable time or allocate scarce or expensive resources to these areas.
  3. Being a not-for-profit NHS Consortium helps us to provide cost effective and value for money solutions and services for our members. Expenditure within the NEP Consortium is fully transparent to all members and any savings made are used to reduce individual organisation membership costs.
  4. The NEP Consortium is an ideal forum to allow, encourage and support the sharing of knowledge, expertise and best practice. Sharing information ultimately leads to more efficient back office operations through the implementation of effective best practice processes.
  5. The governance arrangements and structure of the NEP Consortium means that the development and enhancement of services and solutions is completely user influenced and user driven. This approach ensures that our developments are always NHS focussed and meet both national and local NHS organisation requirements.

NEP Vision Statement 

To deliver, maintain and enhance a class leading risk free finance and procurement solution through shared systems utilising a highly skilled NHS team of proffessionals. The solution delivered at the lowest possible cost and highest quality deploying innovative technology to provide a value proposition to meet the needs of all NHS Organisations

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