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 …

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

2 items

15 Conclusion Twenty-Fourth Report - NHS Supply Chain… Deferred

NHS Supply Chain improvements will take several years to benefit trusts and increase usage.

NHS Supply Chain recognises that it needs to make considerable improvements to its business if it is to give trusts a better service. While it has a programme of planned improvements, it will be several years before the NHS sees the benefits from these plans and starts to use NHS …

Government response. The government agrees with the committee's observation that improvements are needed and will take time. They state that NHS Supply Chain is developing a business case for its modernization programme, scheduled for submission by Winter 2024, which will outline the …

HM Treasury

16 Conclusion Twenty-Fourth Report - NHS Supply Chain… Deferred

Complex challenges hinder NHS Supply Chain's ambitious transformation programme, rated red/amber for delivery risk.

NHS Supply Chain has started a transformation programme which aims to bring key improvements to the business. This programme runs from 2022–30 and its focus includes replacing or upgrading legacy IT and improving inventory management and supply chain capacity.23 The transformation programme was rated red/amber by NHS Supply Chain in …

Government response. The government agrees with the committee’s observations regarding the transformation programme, stating that NHS Supply Chain is developing a business case for the modernization programme, which will be submitted by Winter 2024 and subsequently requires approval from NHS England, DHSC, …

HM Treasury

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

Date	Direction	Title
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…