I have often thought that one of the ways to reduce cost as the NHS would be to centralise purchasing for all items from cotton wool buds to MRI machines.
These days Amazon boast that you can place an order at 10 am and it can be delivered by 4pm the same day.
Imagine a government contract awarded to Amazon to store in one central warehouse all NHS materials . Allowing every hospital in the UK to send orders for supplies.
Also imagine as an example of one item, how many cotton wool buds are sitting in stock at each and every hospital in the country. It will run into millions, whereas using the just in time ordering this stock pile would be massively reduced.
Further to this (and I maybe wrong) each hospital have buyers for all supplies. They are able to use any supplier they choose and I am sure not at the best prices . Centralised supplies offers great negotiation power with suppliers.
Again. So simple.
EU stops Brazilian beef this week over antimicrobial rules we already apply here. Britain isn’t following. Don’t take meat produced under standards we wouldn’t allow on our own farms … and don’t become Europe’s overflow market.
EU ban (antimicrobials, from 3 Sept):
https://t.co/VEpdodKPU9
UK farmers calling for a matching ban:
https://t.co/KGnH5cpxje
https://t.co/3oV4b46uXQ
What it means for the UK market (AHDB):
https://t.co/SHguaYGUti
Ban confirmed for Thursday:
https://t.co/L7LWNJ9PeY
@AvonandsomerRob The small one we keep washing pegs in.
We put larger one out weekly but carry to end of our cul de sac as too small to get bin lorry down ( same for larger size).
The council have obviously put £££ into some new recycling plant