NHS Shared Business Services is committed to achieving government e-procurement targets and constantly looking at ways to improve their working relationship with suppliers. e-Invoicing is the latest development in this policy. This is an important initiative for NHS Shared Business Services and our NHS clients and we would encourage all suppliers to support it.
Suppliers obtain a range of benefits when adopting electronic invoicing. The main benefits are:
- Assured invoice delivery – an end to lost and misplaced invoices
- Removal of data entry errors
- Elimination of postage, printing and paper handling costs
- Improved payment – invoices are registered with the customer without delay
- Ensuring that the NHS SBS guidelines are met
- Inbuilt validation controls within the electronic invoicing system will notify you and NHS SBS of any invoicing issues
- The use of electronic invoicing makes enables the supplier to make a significant contribution to reducing the carbon footprint
- Improved tracking of invoices
To find out more about how e-Invoicing can benefit your company, please email GoPaperless@sbs.nhs.uk
The power of having push-button access to purchasing information has been liberating and a real driver for day-to-day efficient working.
Jutta Beer, Procurement Operations Manager, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
