The AHSN NENC, Health Network North and the Supply Chain North East Programme, have joined forces to deliver a series of workshops to provide awareness and help businesses to better understand customers and create value propositions that effectively help them sell into the healthcare sector.

The Value Proposition Programme will take place on the 3rd March at 09:30 -12:30 and 22nd March at 12:30-16:00.

The purpose of the event is to enhance SMEs knowledge of the approaches to help articulate the value of a product or service offering, and guide attendees through the process of how to develop their own value proposition, using effective tools, targeted at selling into the healthcare sector.

Target audience: Businesses from across the North East from a healthcare service provider background or a supplier of goods background or potentially both or with aspirations to work within this growing sector.

The programme will cover:

Developing your value proposition
Effective value proposition tools such as business model canvas
Understanding the NHS as a market place
Innovation processes and access to funding streams
Hints and tips for pitching successfully

The programme will consist of:

A pre-diagnostics session
Two value proposition workshops
1-1 mentor support from the AHSN NENC and/or Supply Chain NE (of up to 12 hours of support provided).

Eligibility

Businesses who are located within

County Durham
Sunderland
Gateshead
Newcastle
South Tyneside
North Tyneside
Northumberland

Please note:

This event is in collaboration with Academic Health Science Network North East and North Cumbria , Health Network North and RTC North (Supply Chain North East).

Health Network North is a partnership between the Innovation Super Network and the AHSN-NENC.

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Supply Chain North East brings together four key partners to work with over 800 businesses through to 2021, supporting them to identify opportunities in new and existing markets. An integral part of the North East Strategic Economic Plan, that has a vision to create 100,000 more and better jobs between 2014 and 2024. , Supply Chain North East is delivered across the region by RTC North, Generator, North East Automotive Alliance (NEAA) and North East Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC).

Supply Chain North East is a multimillion programme aimed at revolutionising the way SMEs diversify their offering and embrace new markets. The programme has received more than £3m of funding from the England European Regional Development Fund, which is part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2020.

Developing a Successful Value Proposition for the NHS – Programme