Confusing diagnoses
13 September 2012
NHS supply managers are getting mixed messages from their boards and national bosses on purchasing strategy. And it’s costing the taxpayer, says Joe Stringer.
There has never been such abundant media coverage of supply chain opportunities in the public sector. Across the press, the debate rolls on around aggregation, the Gershon efficiency review, arms-length bodies and measuring savings. It is now time to present a view on what is actually happening at the coal face.
Being an NHS supplies manager presents one of the...