Supply Chain Coordination Limited

Supply Chain Coordination Limited is a company registered in England and Wales on 25 July 2017 to act as the new management function for the new NHS Supply Chain operating model, adopting its current company name on 15 November 2017.

It was set up by the Department of Health and Social Care in 2018 to manage the new NHS procurement model. It will have more than 200 staff, who will manage how the NHS buys common goods and equipment. Some will be transferred from the NHS Business Services Authority and NHS Supply Chain. The Department hopes to achieve savings of £2.4 billion over the next 4–5 years.

Consultants Ernst & Young were reportedly paid up to £20m to help to establish the company.

Running costs for 2018-9 will be £180 million, but costs are predicted to grow to £250 million in 2019-20 and to £260 million in 2020-21. This will be taken from the tariff payments to NHS trusts.

Jim Spittle, former group supply chain director of Kingfisher plc has been appointed as its first independent non-executive chair.  Jin Sahota is the acting chief executive.

DXC Technology has a contract for delivering supporting technologies and IT infrastructure service to the new company.

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Category:Department of Health and Social Care
Category:Government-owned companies of England