NHS Supply Chain Parliamentary Brief

Tuesday 19 July 2011

Response to National Audit Office/Public Accounts Committee Reports

Introduction

Over the past few months, reports from the National Audit Office and the Public Accounts Committee (see background below) have criticised the fragmented and disjointed nature of procurement processes in the NHS and the resulting shortcomings with regard to value for money at a time when the delivery of efficiency savings has become a pressing issue for all NHS organisations.

NHS Supply Chain has welcomed the reports thorough analysis, conclusions and recommendations, and finds that the solutions it offers are likely to address many of the issues raised in the reports. NHS Supply Chain is keen to contribute to the ongoing debate on identifying ways to improve trusts’ planning and purchasing processes and help make procurement a key area from which to achieve the required savings over the next three to four years.

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