Medtech procurement: will England’s journey into uncertainty ever end?
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Two government reports this year have highlighted the need for efficiency improvements in the way that NHS Trusts and hospitals in England obtain their supplies of medical products and equipment (23 March 2011 www.clinica.co.uk). The problems of inefficiency and waste, a long running saga, have yet to be solved, and now the government is calling on Trusts across the board to contribute to the NHS’s £20 billion savings drive in the 2011-14 spending period by saving £1.2 billion on procurement.