The writing on the wall
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007Making a virtue out of necessity, Mark Britnell appears to have suggested that the Commercial Directorate will be substantially downsized (neutered is the word used). It is hard to see how its performance over the past few years can stand up to scrutiny.
The DoH’s director general of commissioning and system management Mark Britnell said that the ‘commercial directorate will be reduced in size and regionalised and procurement will be localised’.
Sources close to the discussions confirmed that the commercial directorate will be ‘neutered’.
The plans will be contained in the DoH’s operating framework to be published next month.
As always the devil will be in the detail especially with the question of what will happen to ongoing procurements still open, not to mention the proposed primary care contracts.
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