Simon Williams Email & Phone Number

Victoria, London

• I led the commissioning of the specialised services in London which has a value of c£3.4bn.
• This had the unique attribute of requiring a new activity and finance baseline. There are 48 contracts across acute, mental health and independent providers.
• This process required close working with the London Commissioning Support Units in order to coordinate the commissioning process and ensuring that Trusts were not inappropriately funded either under or over from their.
• I also led the development of a £67m efficiency programme in 2013/14, £105m efficiency programme in 2014/15 and the £87m efficiency programme in 2015/16. These were the largest efficiency programmes in NHS England and.
• My role as the Acute Programme of Care Lead meant I had the leadership role for commissioning a wide range of specialised services covering internal medicine (includes cardiac sciences, renal and others) plus blood and.
• This linked with national Clinical Reference Groups to ensure national consistency of access and service quality.

Victoria, London

• This post sat on the SCG Board which met quarterly.
• The London Specialised Commissioning Group (SCG) was responsible for the commissioning of specialised health services (high cost low volume treatments) within the NHS on behalf of residents of London.
• My responsibilities included the relationships with the Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in North West and North Central London (13 PCTs) and cluster commissioning units, leading the contracting with the hospitals within.
• I had the corporate responsibilities for commissioning the following service areas with a total value in excess of £420m.
• I also had the corporate lead for quality and innovation.
• I led on national programmes such as the designation of Paediatric Congenital Cardiac Surgery for the London SCG.

Ealing, London

• Beacon Care Services had just started trading in healthcare under BCS Medical Ltd and it was my role to create, deliver and develop new services for Primary Care Trusts to commission on behalf of NHS patients and.
• Based in purpose built new premises we provided primary and community based services. A range of clinicians were involved with consultants, GPs, nurses and therapists directed to provide patients with the most.

Luton, United Kingdom

• I was the Executive Director responsible for the PCT’s commissioning.
• I was in charge of all primary and secondary commissioning, strategic development, service improvement, communication and medicines management.
• I was the organisational lead with the Department of Health’s Commercial Directorate, the Mount Vernon Cancer Network and the Marsh Farm Development Trust.
• The role involved being responsible for the entire commissioning portfolio of £200m worth of secondary contracts and primary care contracts worth £30m.
• The directorate was responsible for the performance management of contracts, negotiation of existing and new contracts, the achievement of key national targets, the development of new services, engaging GPs in Practice.