Trusts choose in-house systems over NHS plan_2
19 July 2012
Adoption of the NHS’s new e-procurement system has been slow because trusts prefer to use their own catalogues, according to a trust purchasing head.
“There has been a pitiful take-up of the Supply Stream system,” said David Coley, head of procurement at Birmingham Specialist Community Health NHS Trust.
This is partly because some trusts preferred to manage their e-procurement catalogues in-house, rather than use the Supply Stream catalogues that are handled by the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PSA),...