Agency seeks trust help for regional consortia proposal_2
17 August 2012
The NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (Pasa) has sent letters to all trusts asking for volunteers to set up six pilot schemes for regional purchasing consortia.
The move kicks off a drive to establish the “supply management confederations” proposed by Duncan Eaton, Pasa’s chief executive, at last month’s conference of healthcare professionals.
Eaton told delegates that NHS purchasers would be under increased pressure to get value for money as the health service is to receive a £40 billion cash injection over the next...