RE: Thoughts on this?12 Jan 2021 15:59
Whilst it would obviously have been better news if it had been Feedback instead of Sectra gaining a contract with Manchester area based hospitals, the contract itself was signed in October last year, so it is looking like the actual roll out news might be knocking investors confidence.
As the Feedback system was selected for Digital health Londons 2020 Programme, I am still fairly confident that contracts will follow.
My whole career was spent in a very large government organisation, and in all that time, different heads of policy, procurement, purchased equipment from many different companies.
In as far back as 1980, the government tried to collate purchasing power to one central source, failing miserably as even when money could be saved by purchasing in bulk, senior department heads always fought against it.
Eventually, I feel that all NHS Trusts will have to pull together via self regulation or forced regulation through a single procurement point, but as bureaucratic as the NHS is, that time is a very long way off.