Life support
13 September 2012
What motivates the head of supplies at a busy NHS trust in London is the vital back-up that his purchasing team give to clinical staff working at the sharp end, as he tells Helen Riley
Think of hospitals and most people conjure up images from TV programmes like ER or Casualty of heroic doctors and nurses saving lives. But while Clive Cambridge doesn’t wear a white coat and is based in an office rather than an operating theatre, his team plays an equally vital role in the NHS.
As head of supplies for Bart’s - St Bartholomew’s hospital in west...