The Department has handed back responsibility for the PPE programme to Supply Chain Coordination Limited (SCCL) with many issues still to be resolved. Since October 2021, oversight of SCCL transferred from the Department to NHS England and in April 2022 the Department transferred the responsibility for managing the supply of PPE to SCCL. This means that responsibility for the logistical management and distribution of PPE across the 70 sites that the Department built up now resides with SCCL. ...

The Department has handed back responsibility for the PPE programme to Supply Chain Coordination Limited (SCCL) with many issues still to be resolved. Since October 2021, oversight of SCCL transferred from the Department to NHS England and in April 2022 the Department transferred the responsibility for managing the supply of PPE to SCCL. This means that responsibility for the logistical management and distribution of PPE across the 70 sites that the Department built up now resides with SCCL. In other areas, however, such as the resolution of the 176 contracts in commercial dispute, responsibility is to remain within the Department. The Depart Type: conclusion | Number: 5 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: 5.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation Target implementation date: Autumn 2022 5.2 The responsibility for the supply and distribution of Covid-19 PPE moved to the NHS Supply Chain in April 2022. The NHS Supply Chain will work to integrate th