New guidelines to improve healthcare's 'horrendous' supply chain record Calls for a statement of ethical procurement to be included in the NHS constitution as public sector lags behind business
"There are some horrible working conditions; kids as young as seven making surgical instruments; people losing limbs. It's horrendous," says Dr Mahmoud Bhutta, consultant surgeon and founder of the British Medical Association's (BMA) Medical Fair and Ethical Trade Group, established in 2007. "Many of the companies [which supply the NHS] have been burying their heads in the sand."
Bhutta does not hold back in his criticism of the companies that collectively spend £30bn of public money on behalf of the NHS. The publication of new BMA guidance for GPs and commissioners, which strive to protect workers' rights in medical supply chains, only highlights the lack of progress since 2008 when the guidelines were released. Continue reading... The Guardian
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