DH, April 2014
- eProcurement is the application of technology to automate the exchange of procurement information throughout the supply chain.
- The ambition of this strategy is for all NHS purchase-to-pay transactions and all category management activities to be undertaken by electronic means to cover all non-pay expenditure.
- This document provides guidance to all organisations that provide NHS services.
- DH is to establish a Task and Finish group to determine the detailed specification and supply route to support the acquisition of a national NHS Spend Analysis and Price Benchmarking service.
- DH is to establish the data service during 2014, which is expected to be fully operational from April 2015. NHS providers will be required to electronically submit a monthly file of all accounts payable and purchase order transactions to the national data service.
