PROCUREMENT
AT TIMES OF extreme austerity in the United Kingdom , the public sector has taken a financial battering from central government . The emergency services has been no different , and when funding is cut to such critical operations , the wrong kind of cost-cutting can ultimately end up endangering lives .
This is where the back offices functions then come to the fore in the healthcare sector . But innovative and forward-thinking approaches are needed in order for the National Health Service ( NHS ) to remain costeffective , lean and most importantly efficient going forward . Wild and frenetic slashing of resources can have a destabilising and catastrophic effect on any organisation .
Therefore , the rise to prominence of NHS Shared Business Services is a welcome one for many . NHS SBS as a company started as a joint venture between the Department of Health and Sopra Steria , who both own 50 percent .
As the organisation celebrates its 10th anniversary , Simon Murphy who is Director of Finance & Accounting , makes a good case for a more co-ordinated approach to procurement and related facets . He
An example of the Tradeshift Dashboard platform
‘ We provide a platform and services for all the commissioning organisations and 30 percent of the provider organisations in the NHS ’
14 May 2015