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Trust told to re-run flawed contract award
A trust has been advised to re-run a contract competition after a losing provider complained the process was unfair.
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‘New approach’ to GP contract will ‘increase resilience’, says ICB
An integrated care board is set to replace a company which has been running a GP practice on a short-term deal, with a long-term contract held by a local primary care network, under a ‘new approach’ it says will ‘increase resilience, capacity and value for money’.
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Ambulance company takes CCG to court over ‘biased’ procurement
An independent ambulance company is taking a clinical commissioning group to court over how it awarded a patient transport contract to a rival.
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New competition regime risks more judicial reviews, NHSE warned
NHS England has ruled out introducing ‘third party scrutiny’ of its proposed new competition regime despite being warned current plans will lead to a rise in wasteful judicial reviews.
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Number 10 insists ICSs will go ahead next year
The government will press ahead with a sweeping health and social care bill before Parliament’s summer break, it has said, despite concerns from Sajid Javid.
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NHSE recommends law to abolish CCGs by 2022
NHS England is backing legislation to abolish clinical commissioning groups by April 2022, strip back competition rules, and require trusts to be part of care alliances, HSJ can reveal.
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Hancock backs controversial A&E downgrade
The health secretary has given the green light to a major overhaul of Dorset’s acute hospital services, including the long-planned downgrade of Poole’s A&E department.
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Tories vow to curb NHS competition by March
Compulsory competition would largely be removed from the NHS and the law changed to give integrated care systems more formal powers within three months of a new Conservative government taking power, the party has said.
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Lib Dems pledge extra £7bn a year for health funded by tax rise
The Liberal Democrats have set out their manifesto pledges on the health and social care system, which they say “are in a state of crisis”.
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Health and care world backs far-reaching NHS legislation
Patient, staff and NHS groups have joined with NHS England to ask government to put forward an “NHS integrated care bill”, which would scrap big chunks of the last major piece of health legislation.
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MPs back most of NHS England’s proposed reforms
The Commons health and social care committee has said it “welcomes” the thrust of NHS England’s proposals for legal change, but raised queries and objections on some important points.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: The bump
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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Exclusive: 160,000 campaigners tell NHSE they want laws changed
More than 160,000 people have told NHS England via an online campaign survey that they want the law changed “so that contracts to run NHS services no longer have to be put up for auction”.
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Exclusive: Long-serving trust chief exec steps down
One of the NHS’ longest-serving chief executives is stepping down after 10 years of leading a trust.
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: Can STPs avoid the mistakes of 2016?
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: 'Closer working'
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: What will NHS legislation unleash?
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: In all but name
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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Pathology contract extended amid merger doubts
A trust has extended its pathology contract with a public-private partnership as doubts have emerged over a planned merger with a neighbour.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: So long, SaHF
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover