Authority aims for 48-hour delivery with online orders
3 April 2012
Healthcare purchasers will receive orders of routine items within 48 hours - up to three weeks quicker than at present - following the launch of a nationwide e-ordering system.
LogisticsOnline, an electronic version of the NHS Logistics Authority’s 26,000-item product catalogue, has been introduced to 40 healthcare trusts to deliver routine supplies within two days.
The system aims to provide a single source for trusts to purchase routine items by enabling front-line health care workers to place orders.
They previously went...