Birmingham rolls out own system
2 April 2012
An NHS trust’s “homemade” e-procurement system, claimed to be thousands of pounds cheaper than established packages, is being adopted by other trusts.
Birmingham Specialist Community Health NHS Trust’s electronic catalogue, which was designed by an in-house team and went live last month, is set to be used by two of the city’s primary-care trusts, Greater Yardley and Birmingham North East, in October.
David Coley, the trust’s head of procurement and developer of the system, said that it costs £2,000 to...