BMI agrees Vanguard contract

Under the new contract, Vanguard’s UK subsidiary, SterilPlus, will develop four additional new-build, high technology centres in north Kent, northwest London, south-west London and Birmingham. The national network will, together, provide fully compliant clinical sterile services to all 49 BMI Healthcare hospitals and will have capacity to also serve public and private sector hospitals beyond those owned and run by BMI Healthcare.

Jonathan Simpson-Dent, finance director of General Healthcare Group, of which BMI Healthcare is part, said: “Vanguard has an excellent track record in developing and delivering the highest quality, large-scale services that will be an essential and integral part of our own clinical services to patients and consultants. We will integrate our own existing services as part of the long-term contract, providing an unparalleled national system that will, uniquely, include full traceability and tracking for each surgical instrument.”

Robert Schrödel, chief executive of Vanguard added: “Through this agreement we are delivering an efficient solution to match the high standards of BMI Healthcare, with the most modern technology, decontamination and tracking services, each backed up with its own logistics and transport.”