"Thank you for my copy of the Procurement Directory. I find the Directory easy to use and by having Authorities and Suppliers listed by functional area you don’t have to hunt around for the relevant people. It is helpful to have all this information in one publication rather than having two or three separate directories cluttering up the shelves."
Jim Park, Head of Horticultural Services, Preston City Council

"I write to thank you for your help with our recent query for information, and would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on this year's edition of the Directory. As a PCT we have found it most useful."
Mike Scott, Director of Finance & Information, Central Derby Primary Care Trust

"The directory was incredibly useful to a number of people for different purposes. The division of the information by region was of great use as that ties in with the way in which we operate ourselves. The national sections were also useful for occasions when we wanted to target specific areas of councils on a wider scale. Additional breakdowns of the national sections would be useful (e.g. specific contacts for 'Procurement
officer' Environmental health officer' etc. )"
Chris Hunter, The Environment Agency

"Thank you for the electronic access to the NHS Directory. This is a great development in addition to the hard copy of the NHS Handbook and I am sure that many NHS staff will enjoy the benefits of your obvious hard work and skills in making this available. To have this information at your fingertips is such a useful tool for NHS staff and I congratulate you on both the hard and electronic product that you have produced."
Ian Sturrock, HR Information & Planning Manager, Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust

"Excellent helpful friendly service, nothing was too much trouble. Made advertising our business easy and stress free, along with the added bonus of extra custom."
Tracey Stevens, T.J Swords Tennis Courts Ltd

"I have found this directory of particular benefit when looking to contact Trusts in other areas as well as for referencing supplier details."
Ros Robinson: South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust

"I'd like to thank Kaltz Ltd for introducing our company to the new National Procurement Directory. Within weeks of being included in the 2003 issue, we had an inquiry from a Community School which in turn led to an order of some considerable size. Central Roofing is proud to be associated with such a professional and market leading establishment and look forward to many years of business together"
Mark Baines, Central Roofing

"I've had a look through your directory, and I have found it to be well laid out and easy to find what you want. This directory would be a valuable tool for the NHS in ensuring only recommended contractors get included in the directory, ongoing recommendations by the users would ensure that contractors offering services in the directory maintain a quality service."
Steve Taylor, Acting Security Advisor, John Howard Centre East London & City Mental Health NHS Trust

" comprehensive guide which is clear and easy to use – an invaluable reference for today’s headteachers.
.........good range and variety of advertisers"
Graham J Herbert, Headteacher (Rector), Lockerbie Academy

"I would be grateful if you could forward two paper copies of your excellent NHS directory to me please. I have found it invaluable in the past and now wish to update to this year's version. I am aware of the availability of the document via your web site but do wish to have the paper version handy for use by my team and I."
Robert Champion, Head of Human Resources, Middlesbrough Primary Care Trust

"I found Kaltz to be very professional in organising the Directory
(especially Claire Tyson!!!) and the directory itself has proved very
useful."
David Byron, Head of Sales and Business Development, Professional Communications, SELEX Communications

"Further to today's telephone conversation, we confirm we would like to order from you a free of charge copy of the National Procurement Directory 01-2003.......It would be useful if we need to price things up in order to put a business case together"
Hilary Goodlet, Admin Officer, NHS Counter Fraud Service, South West Regional Team

"I should just like to comment on how impressed I am with the wealth of information including contact names and telephone numbers to be found in the Procurement Directory 2007 which has been passed to me today. I have no doubt that this booklet will be of great use to Robex in continuing our business with the Emergency Services."
Alan Chamberlain, UK Sales Director, Robex Industrial Products Limited

".....I was delighted to discover that not only did you provide such a comprehensive up-to date source of information, but that it is free of charge to NHS staff. I am in no doubt that every NHS public health department would benefit from a copy of your directory."
Dr Tracy Shield. Stockport Primary Care Trust

"Environtec has advertised in The National Procurement Directory for a number of years now and we have benefited from our inclusion. Our working partnerships with NHS based customers has increased and we are sure that this predominantly due to our involvement with the directory."
John Evison B.Sc (Hons) Tech IOSH, National Sales Manager, Environtec Limited

"Many thanks for sending me a further copy of The National Procurement Directory (Issue 2 - 2002). I work for the Director of Pathology and often have to contact other neighbouring Trusts and PCT's. This directory will make my life a lot easier as our current directory is
not only falling apart at the seams through years of use but is also very much out of date."
Chris Bannister, PA to Dr Ian Fry, Director of Pathology

 

 

"We have been using the National NHS Procurement Directory for a number of years as a networking tool when carrying out collaborative procurement exercises.The directory is user friendly and allows us to easily access our colleagues across the country, often to great benefit, both in terms of the contacts made, the information sharing that occurs and the mutual benefits that are derived.
This publication definitely has a place in all NHS departments!"
Suzanne Scannell, Associate Director of Procurement, West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

"Just to let you know our new NHS Procurement Directory has arrived and it is much improved with the inclusion of the organisation codes. Thanks for doing it - it'll make our life easier, and I hope other Trusts find it useful too."
Cathy Parker, Finance Team Manager - Income, York Hospitals NHS Trust

"Thank you for the prompt delivery of my directory - my very own copy now! I used to have to borrow well-used copies from my colleagues in the Finance or Estates Depts but that was not always convenient. I refer to the Directory regularly to access relevant companies (who are usually well versed with the vagaries of our NHS systems) for our fundraising and corporate events, as well as up-to-date contact details for colleagues in other Trusts throughout the UK. A really useful tool that should be on every Senior Manager's desk. Thanks again."
Ray Pritchard, Head of Fundraising, Conwy & Denbighshire NHS Trust

"...I have used this publication for 2-3 years and have found it to be my reference volume of choice. It has realistically the right level of information for senior staffing, and, importantly locations and addresses.
Used by me, and now by the office here, on a frequent basis!"
Brian Goodwin, Ambulance Service Association, Former Chairman

"Our staff in the emergency patient communications centre find this directory invaluable in their day to day work when they have to check for addresses and telephone numbers of the vast number of NHS Trusts. Thank you once again."
Shirley Calvert, Corporate Services - Sussex Ambulance Service

"My partner and I (and our PAs!) used your Procurement Directory on many occasions during our employment in the NHS as Director of Finance and Chief Executive respectively. I hope that you are able to continue the free provision of this invaluable source of information to the NHS.
Since leaving the NHS and establishing our consultancy firm in 2001, we have continued to find your directory the most comprehensive and up-to-date publication of its type for contacting senior staff in the NHS."
Karen Clarke, Partner First Consultancy for Healthcare

"I write to you to commend you for the format of the reference book and the content. This has been an invaluable reference point for me, as I have joined the NHS in England, from Northern Ireland.
I make regular reference to the book for address information of colleagues and suppliers e.g. Will Beck, Stryker UK Ltd, GE Medical Systems, RS components to name but a few. I would hope that this book becomes a regular (updated) item as I and my team make good use of it. I wish you continued support and success for this publication."
Eugene Cooke, Head of Procurement (Acting), Royal Berkshire and Battle NHS

"We would confirm that we will take the usual advert in the march addition. I noticed on two recent visits, one to Queen Mary's London and one to Birmingham Heartland's Hospital, that your 2001 addition was on the desks of the Supply office rather 'Dog Eared' and bound with tape, certainly proving how well they are used in the NHS."
Roy Jones, MD Environmental Hygiene Products Ltd

"Thanks again for your prompt response to my request for the latest catalogue. I find this free source of information a valuable and handy tool to assist NHS managers (not just in purchasing) to locate their respective counterparts in other Trusts. This can only assist cross functional links and benchmarking comparisons."
V. Pross, Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust

"The information is displayed easily for the reader. The directory is divided into two regions, regional and national, that helps the reader to find the information they require with ease. The information for individual NHS Trusts is well laid out with useful contact details of each trust displayed…
It also displays a wide range of informative advertising for your readers."
Clarissa Hudson, Department of Health

"Having had the opportunity to look at this publication, there is no doubt that it will be an extremely useful tool as we go about our business. I have already had cause to use the directory in contacting Trusts outside of our main area in regard to procurement projects of a similar nature to that of our own…
My colleagues are of a similar opinion in their appraisal of the Directory."
A Hawkins, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

"You have no idea how many staff in Trusts throughout the country could use a copy of this as there are many wasted manhours and phonecalls, let alone frustration, in trying to obtain information on other Trusts…
It is extremely well laid out and the sections make it very easy to quickly find information. I cannot praise you and your team high enough for your efforts…
If there were an equivalent bestsellers list for the NHS you would walk it."
Ian Sturrock, Tayside University Hospitals Trust

"Thank you for our copy of The National Procurement Directory. I have taken time out to look through the contents of the directory, and have been extremely impressed with the information that is held in here. This directory will prove to be an invaluable resource in our department, and will save us a great deal of time and effort when trying to trace details of Directors etc. My only regret is I didn't know about the directory sooner."
Jacqueline Hall, Counter Fraud Service, Northern & Yorkshire regional team