Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee

NHS Supply Chain and efficiencies in procurement

Status: Closed Opened: 10 Jan 2024 Closed: 28 May 2024 8 recommendations 17 conclusions 1 report

NHS Supply Chain was set up in 2018, and manages the procurement and supply logistics for NHS trusts in England and Wales. Its original target was to make £2.4bn in savings, which it reports it has exceeded. The NHS spends around £8bn a year on buying hospital equipment and consumables, according to NHS Supply Chain …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Twenty-Fourth Report - NHS Supply Chain and efficiencies in… HC 453 27 Mar 2024 25 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
8 Recommendation Twenty-Fourth Report - NHS Supply Chain… Acknowledged

NHS Supply Chain customer satisfaction declining, failing revised targets due to infrastructure issues.

NHS Trusts largely have the choice whether or not to purchase equipment and consumables through NHS Supply Chain. NHS Supply Chain must therefore gain trusts’ confidence in its services. It carries out a customer satisfaction survey to measure how satisfied customers are with its service. The survey shows that overall …

Government response. The government agrees, stating a business case for NHS Supply Chain's modernisation programme will be submitted by Winter 2024 to enable the 80% market share target and presumably improve services, but it does not detail specific actions to directly address …
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Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
7 Feb 2024 Amanda Pritchard · NHS England, Andrew New · NHS Supply Chain, Jacqui Rock · NHS England, Julian Kelly · NHS England, Shona Dunn · Home Office View ↗

Correspondence

2 letters
DateDirectionTitle
26 Feb 2024 Correspondence from Julian Kelly, Chief Financial Officer, NHS England, re NHS …
19 Feb 2024 Correspondence from Shona Dunn, Second Permanent Secretary, Department of Healt…