Guidance

NHS procurement: improving transparency and understanding performance

Dashboard of indicators and measures NHS organisations can use to improve transparency and understanding of their procurement performance.

Applies to England

Documents

NHS procurement dashboard overview

NHS procurement dashboard reporting template

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NHS procurement key terminology

Details

The NHS Procurement Dashboard, provides a set of core metrics that NHS healthcare provider organisations can use to measure their procurement practice and performance against.

The overview and specification documents provide guidance on using the dashboard tool, to ensure consistency. The dashboard reporting template supports the collation of data and reporting on the NHS Procurement Dashboard core metrics. Key procurement terminology is also explained.

Published 7 November 2013