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Unisurge Medical has alerted us to a potential issue with a Batch of Gauze Swabs on the All Wales Absorbents Contract AW3865. The lot number of the affected Product is WO35351.

If you have any of this product on your shelves please return this to stores by no later than Friday the 12th August 2011 for a central collection and replacement of product. The stock will need to be marked as Quarantine Stock Product recall- Quality Issue and this will be replaced by Unisurge.

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Customer Newsletter Published
4 May 2012
Procurement Services first ever Customer Newsletter has been published.

New HCSA Pages published
17 Apr 2012
Health Care Supply Association (HCSA) "The Health Care Supplies Association exists to promote and develop the work of the procurement and supply chain function within the health care sector" Click here for more information and to access the pages

Reactive Power Charges British Gas Letter 27 March 12
11 Apr 2012
Procurement Service have been advised by British Gas that all half hourly metered sites will now have the reactive power charges billed as a separate line on each invoice.

EMERGENCY UPDATE Urgent Notification - Foam Mouth Stick Alert from Welsh Government
15 Mar 2012
Procurement Services have been made aware of an Alert issued by the Welsh Assembly Government relating to the use of Foam Mouth Sticks (preceding and present Alerts are attached at the bottom of this page for your information).

EMERGENCY UPDATE Alert - Potential failure of the Merlin Gerin Ring Main Unit to Isolate and Earth - Schneider Electric
2 Dec 2011
The following notification has been received from NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership - Facilities Services The alert is in regards to a potential failure of the Merlin Gerin Ring Main Unit to isolate and Earth as shown on the position indicator window.

EMERGENCY UPDATE Machine Roomless Lifts alert
18 Oct 2011
The following notification has been received from NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership - Facilities Services The alert is in regards to Machine Roomless Lifts (MRL), and to ensure all electrical systems provided for the emergency movement of new and existing MRL lifts are monitored and give a clear warning of any UPS, battery or other circuit failures.

Staff Changes at Bevan House
2 Jun 2011
As many of you may be aware Gill Bailey recently secured the Project Managers role for the 'Value 4 All' team as a result of this move Alex Curley has replaced Gill as commodity manager for the medical team.

Haemostatic Products – Contract Update
2 Jun 2011
Following positive user engagement earlier in the year is was agreed that Procurement Services would undertake an All Wales contract for this new product area.

EMERGENCY UPDATE PRODUCT AMENDMENT
28 Feb 2011
FYP001 EPIDURAL MINIPACK SYSTEM 16G X 80MM 100/391/116 The above product has been changed by the suppliers – Smiths Medical.

Contract Planning Updates
14 Feb 2011
WHS contracting has been busy over the past couple of months setting out plans for a number of upcoming contracts.