National Health Service Shared Business Services Set to Cut Costs by 20%

Overview

National Health Service Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) provides high quality finance and accounting, payroll and procurement services to NHS organizations, enabling them to focus their expenditure and expertise on improving the quality and value of healthcare services to patients in England. NHS SBS uses Oracle's service-oriented architecture and Web-enabled applications to share information, pool resources, and support the organizations with high-quality, cost-effective business services. The NHS estimates that organizations using the services will initially cut costs by 20%, and 2% annually in succeeding years.