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The procurement of consumables by National Health Service acute and Foundation Trusts

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Oral Evidence

Taken before the Committee of Public Accounts

on Tuesday 15 March 2011

Members present:

Rt Hon Margaret Hodge (Chair)	Mrs Anne McGuire
Mr Richard Bacon	Austin Mitchell
Stephen Barclay	Nick Smith
Matthew Hancock	Ian Swales
Joseph Johnson	James Wharton

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Amyas Morse, Comptroller and Auditor General, gave evidence. Gabrielle Cohen, Assistant Auditor General, NAO, Marius Gallaher, Alternate Treasury Officer of Accounts, NAO, and Mark Davies, Director, NAO, were in attendance.

REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL

The Procurement of Consumables by NHS Acute and Foundation Trusts (HC 705)

CONTENTS

Examination of Witnesses

Witnesses: Sir David Nicholson KCB, Chief Executive, NHS, Howard Rolfe, Director of Procurement, East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub, David Flory CBE, Deputy NHS Chief Executive, and Peter Coates CBE, Commercial Director, gave evidence.

Question Numbers

1-102