Is the whole greater than the sum of its parts?
A management project to research Procurement in the NHS: why the national strategies to centralise contracting and standardise the products and services the NHS buys have not been adopted

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Is the whole greater than the sum of its parts? A management project to research Procurement in the NHS: why the national strategies to centralise contracting and standardise the products and services the NHS buys have not been adopted

This management project explores why the national strategies to centralise contracting and standardise the products and services the NHS buys have not been adopted. It investigates why change has not happened, reviewing previously commissioned reports into NHS Procurement and researching relevant ch...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Williams, John
Format:	Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2022
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/69012/

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