title: Shared services. Outsourcing. Share option.
abstract: Last April the DoH launched NHS Shared Business Services, a joint venture between the DoH and private firm Xansa. SBS guarantees an initial cost saving of 20 per cent, and organisations have found it improves procurement and management. Some organisations have had difficulties with SBS, finding the migration complex and time-consuming.
authors.forename: Seamus
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D006755:Hospital Shared Services; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009937:Organizational Objectives / Q000191:economics; D020416:Outsourced Services; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom