National Health Service Shared Business Services Signs 9 New NHS Organisations
NHS Shared Business Services (SBS), a joint venture between the Department of Health and Steria, announced 9 new contract wins with NHS organisations. The new business, which will provide finance and payroll business process outsourcing services, has a combined value of more than €9.26 million (£8.2 million) and will extend services to approximately 15,000 NHS employees. The 9 wins are:
• Derby City Primary Care Trust
• Derbyshire County Primary Care Trust
• Derbyshire Mental Health Trust
• East Midlands Ambulance Service
• East Midlands Strategic Health Authority
• Newham University Hospital NHS Trust
• South Downs NHS Health Trust
• Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust
• Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology
“We took the decision to move finance and accounting and payroll services to NHS Shared Business Services because we believe it will deliver real long term value to our organisation and support our drive to become World Class Commissioners,” said Andrew Booth, director of finance and performance and deputy chief executive, NHS Derby City. “NHS Shared Business Services provides an impressive level of information through a range of comprehensive dashboards backed by a robust future proofed IT infrastructure. The Operating Framework recommends shared services as one of the most effective ways to assist in reducing costs and we believe that working in partnership with NHS Shared Business Services will support us in this area.”
