KFM received a Gold Award from the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, it was announced today.

Nearly 200 organisations have been recognised by the UK Government for supporting the Armed Forces community, a record high since the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme launched in 2013.

The Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, the highest badge of honour, recognises the positive role that employers play in supporting the Armed Forces community.

We’ve been supporting the 'Gloves Off' campaign which launched in October 2022. The campaign has been making significant strides in promoting sustainability and reducing the carbon footprint at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KCH). By aiming to minimise the use of single-use disposable gloves, the campaign has not only resulted a number of benefits and cost savings but is one of the many ways the Trust is working to meet their sustainability and recycling waste targets.

Exciting news at KFM as we welcome a new addition to our team this month. King's College Hospital's ODP, Sajidha Rahman, joined our Clinical Procurement team for a six-month secondment at the start of April.

KFM, SLE and Vanguard Win ‘Procurement Project of the Year’ Award and also Receive High Commendation for ‘Most Effective Contribution to Patient Safety’ at the HSJ Partnership Awards 2023!

It's National Apprenticeship Week, a celebration of the opportunities and benefits apprenticeships can offer. At KFM, we provide training and development opportunities for employees to develop their career.

In August 2022, KFM's Logistics team supported UK charity, British-Ukrainian Aid, with a donation of medical consumables for distribution to hospitals and treatment facilities across Ukraine.

Over the past few months, KFM have been supporting The Havens, a network of specialist sexual assault referral centres, located in Denmark Hill, Paddington and Whitechapel. Along with delivering required stock to The Havens, KFM have also set up storage areas for toiletry packs on site, which are given to individuals under The Havens’ care.

In early September, KFM provided a technology solution which supported King's in moving their temporary staffing services in-house.

KFM is delighted to announce that alongside SLE and Vanguard, our project ‘Delivering the UK’s first fully crash-tested transport trolley system for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KCH)’ has been shortlisted for two categories at the HSJ Partnership Awards 2023.

KFM's Technology team and the Trust's Workforce Development department have spent the last year working together to create efficiencies using Robotic Process Automation (RPA). Now, KFM is starting collaborative working with the Trust's Finance team.

Our Critical Care Technologists joined doctors and nurses from King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for the Liver Intensive Care Conference, at the Fetal Medicine Research Institute, in London.

We are delighted to announce that KFM are finalists in the Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2022. We've been shortlisted for our work in transforming the supply chain service across Therapies at King's College Hospital, by implementing a 'just-in-time' service to meet the demands of our customers and patients.

KFM has successfully secured an NHS General Management Trainee (GMTS) for a two year programme commencing September 2022 through the NHS Leadership Academy.

KFM is a finalist in the CIPS Excellence in Procurement Awards 2022. We have been shortlisted in the Best Supplier Relationship Management Initiative category, for the entry New beds roll out at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust during the pandemic.

King’s College Hospital and KFM’s submission has won the One Bromley ‘Residents shaping and influencing integrated care’ Award 2022.

The KFM Logistics team completed their first delivery of dialysis equipment to a patient's home in mid-May.

The war in Ukraine has caused organisations across the NHS and the healthcare sector to ask what they can do to help. KFM has identified 40 pallets of excess medical stock of the type that will be required in Ukraine to deal with common injuries, which is worth around £50k.