Supply Chain Coordination Limited is a company registered in England and Wales on 25 July 2017 to manage the new NHS Supply Chain operating model, adopting its current company name on 15 November 2017.
[1] It was set up by the Department of Health and Social Care in 2018,[2] and was intended to save £2.4 billion within 4–5 years.
[3] Consultants Ernst & Young were reportedly paid up to £20 million to help to establish the company.
Matt Hancock, then Secretary of State, set out in a letter dated 28 March 2019 the company's purpose, tasks, performance indicators, objectives, funding and governance.
[7] Andrew New, the group director for purchasing and supply chain at JCB was appointed to succeed him in July 2021.