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NHS Mandate

The Department of Health and Social Care issues an annual Mandate to NHS England setting out government priorities and expectations for the health service. The 2025 mandate focuses on recovery and operational planning, and includes commitments to tackle modern slavery in NHS procurement and supply chains.

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27 Mar 2024 | Committee report linked

NHSE has been weak in its oversight and support of NHS Supply Chain. Both the Department and NHSE failed to validate the cumulative £3.3 billion savings claimed by NHS Supply Chain, instead, they relied on NHS Supply Chain to make these checks – effectively marking its own homework. This undermines the confidence we can have in these reported savings. NHSE has not given NHS Supply Chain the full financial support NHS Supply Chain considers it needs to transform and modernise its business. For...

NHSE has been weak in its oversight and support of NHS Supply Chain. Both the Department and NHSE failed to validate the cumulative £3.3 billion savings claimed by NHS Supply Chain, instead, they relied on NHS Supply Chain to make …

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27 Mar 2024 | Committee report linked

On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Department of Health and Social Care (the Department), NHS England (NHSE) and NHS Supply Chain on NHS Supply Chain and efficiencies in procurement.2

On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Department of Health and Social Care (the Department), NHS England (NHSE) and NHS Supply Chain on NHS Supply Chain and efficiencies in procurement.2 …

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27 Mar 2024 | Committee report linked

When the Department set up NHS Supply Chain, it did not make it mandatory for trusts to use it and trusts are free to buy consumables and medical equipment directly from suppliers or other supply organisations. There are several reasons why the Department did not mandate the use of NHS Supply Chain, including legal barriers. NHSE explained it cannot mandate that foundation trusts buy through NHS Supply Chain, and NHSE noted that it was a very deliberate decision for trusts to use it voluntari...

When the Department set up NHS Supply Chain, it did not make it mandatory for trusts to use it and trusts are free to buy consumables and medical equipment directly from suppliers or other supply organisations. There are several reasons …

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27 Mar 2024 | Committee report linked

NHS Supply Chain recognises it needs to provide a better service to trusts, and increase trusts’ use of NHS Supply Chain, and has a programme of planned improvements that aim to transform and modernise the business.17 However, NHS Supply Chain considers that it needs NHSE’s support for this to be successful. NHS Supply Chain requested a £252 million revenue budget for 2023–24 to operate the organisation and implement its transformation projects for the year. NHSE did not approve the full amou...

NHS Supply Chain recognises it needs to provide a better service to trusts, and increase trusts’ use of NHS Supply Chain, and has a programme of planned improvements that aim to transform and modernise the business.17 However, NHS Supply Chain …

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27 Mar 2024 | Committee report linked

We asked NHSE why it does not do more to understand the reasons trusts purchase through routes other than NHS Supply Chain. NHS told us that, given the resources it has, it only challenges the trusts that are struggling the most financially. NHSE explained, for those trusts struggling the most financially, they could be put under ‘legal undertakings’, and NHSE can require them to use NHS Supply Chain. NHSE does, however, make data 13 Q 116; C&AG’s Report, paras 1.9, 2.5 14 Correspondence from...

We asked NHSE why it does not do more to understand the reasons trusts purchase through routes other than NHS Supply Chain. NHS told us that, given the resources it has, it only challenges the trusts that are struggling the …

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25 Oct 2023 | Committee report Context · primary home: NHS policy linked

The Department recognised that there is an element of accountability in its relationship with the NHS, and said it was holding NHS England to account through the trajectories set out in numerous recovery plans, from primary care to elective recovery. The Department believed that the NHS was on trajectory to meet targets, but this was dependent on meeting ongoing challenges.26 NHS England confirmed that it was particularly worried about the next winter.27 When asked whether or not it was on tr...

The Department recognised that there is an element of accountability in its relationship with the NHS, and said it was holding NHS England to account through the trajectories set out in numerous recovery plans, from primary care to elective recovery. …

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