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Reading that link, the idea is to streamline NHS supply procurement. In theory, given the size of the Nash, there [i]should[/i] be vast economies of scale, and having some experience of NHS procurement, streamlining would be no bad thing.

Seems sensible to me.

In my experience, the main problem with NHS procurement is that as soon as a supplier knows that the customer is an NHS organisation 10% gets added to the price.

10% it's a tad more than that and if you know the right people you can really maximise your corporate profit margin.

I've been banging on about this (and suggesting someone in each trust gets paid good money with what could almost be a one-line job description of driving hard bargains with suppliers) at work for years: not just with NHS logistics but everything else and every other service we buy in: we have a couple of suppliers/contractors outside nhs logistics who have blatantly taken the piss for as long as I can remember and still middle/team managers are told from on high that these are who they have to deal with.

In a 'money saving'/micromanaging exercise (delete as applicable- probably whether you are above or below band 8c), all teams in my organisation have also recently had their corporate credit cards withdrawn, so no more canny use of public money for small but look-after-the-pennies procurments, eg sidestepping disgracefully overpriced Niceday stationary by buying it at tesco or staples. 👿