NHS Supply Chain

In February 2016, Lord Carter's report into efficiency and productivity identified unwarranted variation in procurement across the NHS.

The design of a new supply chain service was planned to help the NHS deliver clinically assured, quality products at the best value through a range of specialist buying functions, and leverage the buying power of the NHS to negotiate the best deals from suppliers, with the aim to deliver savings of £2.4 billion over five years.

[1] Over 200 staff were transferred from DHL Supply Chain and NHS Business Services Authority to the new company.

[6] A group of business analysts researched the ICN advice notices from suppliers in the last two weeks of November 2022, to look for trends and causes of delays in medical equipment throughout the NHS.

[7] Jin Sahota, then chief executive, resigned in September 2020 shortly after the Department of Health and Social Care and the Cabinet Office announced a review of the agency following the crisis in the supply of personal protective equipment.