The hard sell for savings. Interview by Sally Burningham.
The NHS might seem to present an opportunity to purchase, store and distribute on a national basis but it is, in reality, a series of largely autonomous local services. According to Graham Hart, DHSS controller of supply, in most parts of the country supplies are held in 'a variety of small, local stores unsuited to their purpose'.
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