Developing a practical policy on working with company representatives.
Purchasing equipment and supplies for an NHS trust is a complicated business, with the needs of patients and staff paramount in the process and a number of pitfalls for the unwary. A working with company representatives' policy sets out clearly the procurement process so that the interests of both sides in any negotiations are fairly represented.
Stoedinova
Sashka
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Royal Free NHS Trust, London. sashka.stoedinova@royalfree.nhs.uk
D003284:Contract Services; D003657:Decision Making; D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000592:standards*; D019981:Health Care Sector; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011640:Public Policy; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom