Situation Cheshire and Merseyside NHS Trusts (C&M) have held a consortium contract for clinical waste with HealthTrust Europe (HTE) for approximately 9 years. In 2017, HTE commenced discussions with the consortium members to embark on a mini-competition procurement process for the renewal of their clinical waste contract. HTE project managed and ran the procurement process […]
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Case Study – Collaborating to Reduce Locum Costs
Situation A working group of thirteen like-minded NHS organisations in the West Midlands wanted to work together to develop regional controls and to drive their locum staffing costs down. The healthcare providers had established relationships with HealthTrust Europe (HTE) as a framework partner that had helped them source local temporary staffing solutions with high quality […]
HealthTrust Europe selects local Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity as its 2022 charity
HealthTrust Europe is pleased to announce that the local Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity has been selected as the company’s 2022 chosen charity. Each year, HealthTrust Europe selects a different UK-based charity to fundraise for. The company organises regular fundraising events for staff to take part in, in an effort to raise as much money as […]
Celebrating International Women’s Day with HealthTrust Europe
Across the globe, International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated every year on the 8th of March. Since it’s formal recognition by the United Nations (UN) in 1975, IWD has brought with it the welcome opportunity to highlight the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women everywhere, and signal how much more is yet to […]
HealthTrust Europe Staff Raised an Incredible £5000 for Cancer Research UK in 2021
HealthTrust Europe (HTE) is committed to the care and improvement of human life. The company and its employees demonstrate this by continuing to support local charitable organisations through fundraising thousands of pounds, helping to make a difference every year. HTE staff supported Cancer Research UK as their chosen charity for 2021. Throughout the year, HealthTrust […]
Total Workforce Solutions II (TWS II) – ICS Workforce Planning
As the NHS moves into the planning, structuring and organisational phase of Integrated Care Systems (ICS), HealthTrust Europe (HTE) is working to partner with health and care providers to put the future people plan into action with our workforce and HR portfolio. Total Workforce Solutions II has been specifically designed to deliver the needs of ICS and cross-ICS projects and initiatives that seek to optimise workforce planning on a free to access basis.
Supporting the Integrated Care Systems Agenda
Achieving fully integrated care has long been a priority for the UK Government, and indeed the health and care sectors, who have advocated for the greater collaboration and joining up of healthcare services for several years. Integrated Care Systems (ICS’s), as outlined by NHS England, will ‘remove traditional divisions between hospitals and family doctors, between physical and mental health, and between NHS and council services.’ The ambition is that by removing these divisions, a more holistic and streamlined approach to health and care will be achieved.
The Urgency for Improvements to Bariatric Care
The obesity crisis remains one of the most pressing public health challenges in the UK. Recently published figures reveal that two-thirds of all adults are overweight or obese while new findings released by the NHS show that obesity was a factor in more than one million hospital admissions in 2019/20. Indeed, with the Covid-19 pandemic brutally exposing the high risk of serious illness and death that those with obesity face, it is now more important than ever that the focus is firmly placed on the care and supervision of overweight and obese individuals.
Guest Speaker Kieran Quinlan delivers an empowering talk to employees as part of Mental Health Awareness Week.
Anxiety, stress, and worry are emotions many of us may have felt over the last 12 months. With employees having to adapt to significant changes, including working from home, home-schooling and social restrictions, the importance of mental health in the workplace has never been so important.
HealthTrust Europe launches Safe Patient Moving and Handling Equipment Framework
HealthTrust Europe is pleased to launch the new Safe Patient Moving and Handling Equipment Framework to support and facilitate the appropriate movement of patients in a Hospital, Residential or Patient Home Environment. It is designed to equip health and social care providers with the latest tools to enhance the safety of patient handling.
