Invitation to Supplier Engagement Session: NHS England – Workforce, Training and Education (WTE)

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    "description": "NHS England’s Workforce, Training and Education (WTE) Directorate is inviting suppliers from across the education and training sector who currently work with, or are interested in working with, NHS training programmes to attend an upcoming supplier engagement session.\nPurpose of the session\nThis session will provide suppliers with early insight into the strategic priorities, future direction, and planned activity of the WTE Directorate. It will also offer an opportunity to improve understanding of how NHS England approaches commercial engagement and how suppliers can best position themselves for future opportunities.\nWhat suppliers can expect\nAttendees will hear directly from colleagues across WTE and commercial teams on:\n• The pipeline of planned activity and forthcoming procurement across workforce education and training\n• Strategic priorities and direction of the WTE Directorate\n• How WTE is shaping and delivering education and training to support the NHS workforce\n• Commercial practices and expectations, including key principles that underpin NHS England procurement\n• Practical guidance on how suppliers can monitor opportunities and set themselves up for success\nThere will also be opportunities for questions and discussion to support shared understanding and transparency.\n Who should attend\nThis session is aimed at organisations across the workforce education and training sector, with experience of delivering, or interest in delivering, services to NHS training programmes. Attendance is open to both existing and prospective suppliers.\nNext steps\nPlease register your interest by registering on our procurement portal here: https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome and searching for C435457.\nSuppliers are encouraged to attend to gain valuable insight into future opportunities and to support constructive engagement with NHS England.\nIf there are key questions that you would like NHS England to answer on the day you can submit these via the Atamis portal once registered and NHS England will do our best to respond. If you are unable to attend, please register and we can share any materials after the event. \nDate & Time\nTo be held online on Tuesday June 2nd 2026 (time TBC). Sharing instructions will be sent to suppliers who register their interest following the above process. \nPLEASE NOTE THIS NOTICE IS BEING USED TO INVITE SUPPLIERS TO AN INFORMATION SHARING SESSION THAT WILL COVER MULTIPLE PROCUREMENTS AND IS NOT LINKED TO A SINGLE PROCUREMENT",
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