NHS purchasing bodies face an uncertain future
28 August 2012
The future of the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (Pasa) and the NHS Logistics Authority hangs in the balance as the Department of Health's commercial directorate, set up to review the NHS's £11 billion budget, releases its findings this month.
Last year, the DoH set up an advisory board from the private sector, led by AT Kearney consultant Ken Anderson, to investigate spending by health authorities and trusts and the way savings are calculated.
Consultancies PricewaterhouseCoopers and AT Kearney were hired to initiate a review of Pasa and the NHS Logistics Authority. The main issues were the supply...