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The PPE debacle shows how outsourced procurement is failing our NHS
Procurement of goods for the NHS should itself be a function of the NHS, not an additional profit stream for private contractors, writes ANNETTE MANSELL-GREEN

THE NHS was in crisis before the pandemic hit us. It was working on a just-in-time basis rather than just in case. 

It was running on good will, with staff shortages, lack of equipment, poor facilities, lack of connectivity and alarming levels of systemic racism. 

All of this amid rising levels of health inequality across society.

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