> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vandyken, Steven
> Sent: 06 March 2003 12:53
> To: [log in to unmask]; ':[log in to unmask]
> Cc: Woodworth, Alan
> Subject: NHS PASA/BIVDA - Point of Care Managers Contacts Database
>
> Dear Sir/Madam,
>
> NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency together with BIVDA are currently
> developing a POCT Managers Contact Database and a Code of Conduct for
> those suppliers selling POCT devices to the NHS.
>
> The key aims of the database are as follows:
>
> * To ensure that POCT managers are kept abreast of commercial
> information and product updates within the POCT diagnostics market
> * To raise specific POCT procurement issues that NHS PASA can work
> with suppliers or BIVDA/BLWA to address
> * To ensure good commercial or buying practice is shared with managers
> responsible for point of care testing
> * To provide wider consultation on the information and services that
> NHS PASA provides across acute and primary care
> * To allow POCT managers access to a contacts database with colleagues
> who may have experience in a particular area
> * To ensure through working with trade bodies and users that POCT
> suppliers adhere to the agreed Code of conduct for suppliers selling POCT
> devices to the NHS
>
> The revised POCT website and database are due to be launched later this
> month. As part of my research I have been pulling together contact details
> of those POCT managers from conferences I have attended and from my own
> personal dealings. We hope to send a letter out to as many POCT
> managers/Biochemist responsible for POCT as possible to encourage them to
> register.(I will also put a notice on the ACB POCT discussion list). My
> question is, would the ACB be averse to sharing the POCT discussion list
> with myself. I understand that many of the contributors only have a
> passing interest in POCT and are not necessarily responsible for it at
> trust level, but it may prove complimentary to my existing information.
>
> Grateful for any assistance you may be able to offer.
>
> Best regards
>
> Steve Vandyken
>
> Pathology Buyer (Point of Care Diagnostics)
> Diagnostic Medical Equipment Team
> NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency
> 60 Caversham Road
> Reading
> Berks
> RG1 7EB
>
> Tel 0118 980 8832
> Fax 0118 980 8650
> Mob 07771 993225
>
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