Description of the content of Figure 28

Figure title: Number of district health boards with deficiencies in procurement practice, by aspect.

Figure 28 is a bar graph. It shows which aspects of procurement practice different numbers of DHBs were deficient in.

The same number of DHBs had deficiencies in their management arrangements in 2007/08 and in 2008/09. For the other five aspects, the DHBs' results for 2008/09 were worse than they were for 2007/08.

The best result was for ethical and legal considerations, with 10 DHBs deficient in that aspect. The worst was procurement processes, with 16 DHBs deficient in that aspect.


No. of DHBs with deficiencies in procurement practice, by aspect

2007/08
2008/09
Management arrangements 14 14
Procurement strategy 8 15
Ethical and legal considerations 6 10
Procurement processes 12 16
Ongoing management of contracts 10 14
Continuous improvement 8 15