We strongly believe that shared services have played a key part in helping our client organisations achieve considerable savings through 2009-10 and continue to work in partnership with them to deliver their Operational Targets. SSP is continuously evolving to provide high quality services and expertise in the south west London sector.
The Support Services Partnership (SSP) South West London is a non-profit making NHS shared services organisation set up in 2002 to provide
management support for estates, facilities, major capital projects, primary care support and supplies services to the five Primary Care
Trusts (PCTs) in the South West London sector.
The SSP increases the opportunity for partners across the sector to utilise shared expertise and resources. This helps to establish high
quality and responsive services building on the opportunities to retain and develop NHS skills and experience and achieve value for money.
The SSP therefore enjoys the benefits of having significant knowledge of the sector and is able to provide both operational services on
behalf of its partners and strategic advice.
The SSP is developing its activities and has started to provide advice to other trusts within the SWL NHS sector. At a time when the
sector is undergoing considerable change that impacts on the NHS, the SSP is unique in terms of the quality of the experience and knowledge
of the sector; dealing with private sector partners and of alternative procurement methods based on best practice. In addition, the SSP
provides high-level strategic project management and problem solving advice.
The SSP IFPS is hosted by Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and SSP SAM continues to be hosted by Wandsworth PCT. The strategy and business objectives are set out in the
Business Plan.