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 £20m to help to establish the company.[4] Running costs for 2018-9 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
Founded2018
FounderDepartment of Health and Social Care
HeadquartersLondon
Key people
Jim Spittle – Non-executive chair
Jin Sahota – 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]

On beginning operations, the company's non-executive chair was Jim Spittle, and its CEO was Jin Sahota.[6] In September 2020, Sahota resigned.[7]

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.


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