WINNERS - London and the South Excellence in Supply Awards 2023

Reducing the gender pay gap and empowering women in NHS Finance and Procurement

Go team Treehouse, we did it! Last month we won the NHS Excellence in Supply Award in the Support Services category!  We were pitted against a number of prominent supply chain organisations; for a training programme to come out on top was a fantastic achievement.

The award recognised our work in the Thrive programme in 2022 for Barts Health NHS Trust. Treehouse partnered with key stakeholders at NHS Barts to design and deliver a programme with the purpose of helping women in Finance and Procurement at NHS Barts to overcome the barriers and challenges they face in their roles. The programme helped to equip women aspiring to senior positions with the tools and self-belief to pursue and win those roles. And for women at all management levels, the programme enabled them to feel more empowered in their careers and working lives.

Since completing the Thrive programme, four women have been promoted to senior roles and the Finance and Procurement gender pay gap has reduced by 6 points from 10.3% in March 2021 to 4% in January 2023.

For more on the Thrive programme and what it entailed please take a look at our case study.