Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the Department of Health and Social Care operating model for procurement is in alignment with the objectives of the National Wound Care Strategy Programme.

The Supply Chain Coordination Limited (SCCL), is the management function of the NHS Supply Chain operating model, which uses the Department operating model for procurement. As a key partner in the delivery of the programme, SCCL is ensuring that there is full alignment between the Department’s operating model for procurement, and the National Wound Care Strategy Programme. SCCL chair the Stakeholder Council, which provide the leadership of the National Wound Care Strategy Programme’s Supply and Distribution workstream, as well as leading the stakeholder forums for suppliers, health and care professionals and patients, and carers and citizens.