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Bridging the divide - commercial procurement and supply chain management: are there lessons for health care commissioning in England?
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Allen, B.A., Wade, E. and Dickinson, H.. (2009) Bridging the divide - commercial procurement and supply chain management: are there lessons for health care commissioning in England? Journal of Public Procurement, Vol.9 (No.1). pp. 79-108. ISSN 1535-0118
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Abstract
Current English health policy is focused on strengthening the 'demand-side' of the health care system. Recent reforms are designed to significantly enhance the capability and status of the organisations responsible for commissioning health care services and, in so doing, to address some of the perceived problems of a historically provider/supplier-led health system. In this context, commissioning organisations are being encouraged to draw on concepts and processes derived from commercial procurement and supply chain management (SCM) as they develop their expertise. While the application of such principles in the health sector is not new, existing work in the UK has not often considered the role of health care purchasers in the management of health service supply-chains. This paper describes the status of commissioning in the NHS, briefly reviews the procurement and SCM literature and begins to explore the links between them. It lays the foundations for further work which will test the extent to which lessons can be extracted in principle from the procurement literature and applied in practice by health care commissioners.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > International Centre for Governance & Public Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Public Procurement |
| Publisher: | PrAcademics Press |
| ISSN: | 1535-0118 |
| Date: | 2009 |
| Volume: | Vol.9 |
| Number: | No.1 |
| Number of Pages: | 30 |
| Page Range: | pp. 79-108 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/43245 |
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