Purchasers set for radical surgery
13 September 2012
The Department of Health says too many 'arm's length bodies' work in the sector. Its demand for cutbacks could affect purchasers deeply, as David Arminas reports
Procurement staff within Britain's health service, the world's largest healthcare delivery organisation buying in £15 billion of goods and services annually, are in for major changes in the next few years.
According to a wide-ranging report from the Department of Health's commercial directorate, there are too many health service organisations - arm's length...