Supply Chain Coordination Limited

Supply Chain Coordination Limited is a company registered in England and Wales on 25 July 2017 to manage the new NHS Supply Chain operating model, adopting its current company name on 15 November 2017.[1] It was set up by the Department of Health and Social Care in 2018,[2] and was intended to save £2.4 billion within 4–5 years.[3] Consultants Ernst & Young were reportedly paid up to £20 million to help to establish the company.[4] Running costs for the financial year 2018/19 were £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.[5]

Supply Chain Coordination Limited
IndustryHealth and Social Care
Founded25 July 2017
FounderDepartment of Health and Social Care
HeadquartersLondon
Key people
Heather Tierney-Moore OBE – Non-executive chair
Andrew New – Acting CEO
OwnerHM Government

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is the company's sole shareholder. Matt Hancock, then Secretary of State, set out in a letter dated 28 March 2019 the company's purpose, tasks, performance indicators, objectives, funding and governance.[6]

The company's first non-executive chair was Jim Spittle, and its CEO was Jin Sahota.[6] In September 2020, Sahota resigned.[7] Andrew New, the group director for purchasing and supply chain at JCB was appointed to succeed him in July 2021.[8]

References

  1. Companies House, Supply Chain Coordination Ltd: Filing History, accessed 18 December 2019
  2. "NHS Supply Chain". www.supplychain.nhs.uk. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  3. "Department of Health sets up company to oversee £2bn savings drive". Health Service Journal. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  4. "Consultancy paid up to £20m to set up new NHS procurement body". Health Service Journal. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  5. "Half a billion pounds to be withheld from trusts over two years". Health Service Journal. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  6. Hancock, Matt (28 March 2019). "Act of Entrustment – Supply Chain Coordination Limited" (PDF). SCCL. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  7. Hart, Charlie (21 September 2020). "Jin Sahota resigns from NHS Supply Chain role". Supply Management. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  8. "New chief exec for national NHS agency". Health Service Journal. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.


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