TCS will deploy a host of cloud and AI-enabled solutions to modernise NHS Supply Chain's IT systems and enhance overall operational efficiency.

To accelerate the value NHS Supply Chain provides to frontline care, TCS will replace legacy systems with a modern Supply Chain ERP solution for faster time to market, seamless scalability and enhanced customer satisfaction. TCS will also transform legacy operations into a product and platform-based IT operating model.

The collaboration will contribute to the more than 1,000 suppliers, delivering over eight million orders to over 17,000 locations that makes up the NHS Supply Chain network. 

Beyond technical transformation, TCS will support NHS Supply Chain in ensuring that the changes are sustainable by introducing better governance, evolve the existing delivery frameworks and embed an agile, future-ready mindset across the organisation. 

Matthew Wynn, executive director data and technology at NHS Supply Chain, said: ‘Our partnership with TCS will play a pivotal role in the NHS Supply Chain Modernisation Programme. Working alongside our teams, TCS will help modernise our legacy systems into a more streamlined, cloud-based environment.

'This shift will strengthen our resilience, improve user experience, and enable us to respond faster to changing business and customer needs. Ultimately it will enhance our operational efficiency and service delivery as we work towards our commitment to unlock over £1bn in recurrent value by 2030.'