Reeves budget.

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The NHS budget is now £165b I believe.

I was listening to a piece about the NHS yesterday and a lot of people who work within the NHS in the lower ranks are of the belief there’s more than enough money already, it’s just badly managed by multiple layers of bloated and inept management.

It needs total reform starting at the very top.

Procurement needs to be taken out of NHS hands and dealt with by a professional body with full trained buyers who know how to procure products at the keenest of prices.

There’s not enough money - fact as know many senior people who work for the NHS.

Your bit about procurement is bollox! I have a 3 years CIPS degree in purchasing so do know. Almost all of the buying positions in the NHS ask for a CIPS qualification or you have to study towards one which is tough. Why the NHS does not attract the very best procurement professionals is very simple - like all NHS staff they are poorly paid. In most NHS procurement posts a senior buyer will be lucky to get a salary of 40K. As a senior buyer I was on 46K almost 18 years ago! Good senior buyers in supermarkets are on 60K plus! Here lies their problem!

In any profession ( apart from the love of the profession ie doctors etc ) you pay peanuts you attract the less dynamite staff albeit they still must be professional and meet the criteria in procurement which many do. I met a lot of NHS buyers on purchasing courses and whilst studying for my CIPS degree.