NHS savings target beaten
2 April 2012
NHS Supplies cut purchasing costs in the health service by £113.4 million last year, exceeding the Department of Health’s target for savings of £82.5 million.
NHS Supplies cut purchasing costs in the health service by £113.4 million last year, exceeding the Department of Health’s target for savings of £82.5 million. An NHS Supplies spokesperson said the reductions, unveiled last month in its annual report, were achieved by replacing regional and local contracts with national agreements and by benchmarking prices in...