Milk and cream

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Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust are looking for a partner to supply fresh milk and bread over a 3 year contract. Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust comprise Southport and Formby District General Hospital and Ormskirk District General Hospital. These hospitals are sited approximately 8 miles apart. The Trust provides acute healthcare to a population of 258 000 located within West Lancashire and Southport and Formby. The Trust has a bed compliment of 500 inpatient beds and 50 day case beds, providing the following clinical services. Accident and Emergency Anaesthetics Acute Medicine Acute Paediatrics Clinical Microbiology Critical Care Cardiology Dermatology Elderly Medicine ENT Gastro-enterology General Surgery Gynaecology Haematology Obstetrics Ophthalmology Pathology Radiology Rehabilitation Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology Stroke Therapy Services Trauma and Orthopaedics Urology. The Trust also provides the Regional Spinal Injury Service whose catchments area covers Cumbria, North Wales and the Isle of Man as well as the Cheshire, Merseyside and Greater Manchester area. The Trust is 1 of the largest spending organisations in its 2 localities and the more money that is spent locally, the greater the positive impact this will have on the local economy, particularly for small and medium sized businesses.