All Competition and co-operation articles – Page 11
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NewsCCG backs down in patient involvement procurement row
A clinical commissioning group leading one of the most high profile procurements in the NHS has agreed to publish commercially sensitive documents following a threat of legal action.
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News
Private hospital groups forced to sell sites
Two private hospital operators have been told by the Competition Commission that they must sell off nine hospitals between them in order to improve competition in the private healthcare market.
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SupplementsSpecial report: Procurement regulation is a bone of contention
Section 75 has created waves in the last year
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HSJ LocalBournemouth and Poole agree not to merge for a decade
STRUCTURE: The two south coast foundation trusts whose planned merger was blocked last year have signed an undertaking not to attempt to merge again for the next 10 years.
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Blogs
Will 2014 be the year of ethical leadership?
The public sector needs to move away from ‘greed is good’
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NewsCompetition rules still impeding service change, say hospital bosses
Hospital chief executives still feel the competition and merger control rules introduced under the government’s NHS reforms are making it difficult to carry out important reconfigurations.
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NewsDrug firm fined for care homes 'cartel'
A pharmaceuticals company is to be fined more than £380,000 over a cartel arrangement in which it carved up some of a multimillion-pound market in prescription drugs for care homes with a rival.
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NewsTrust super-merger shelved
A merger that would have created the largest provider organisation in England has been shelved.
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NewsPrivate sector wins access to NHS pension
Private providers of health service funded care will be granted access to the NHS Pension Scheme under proposals announced today.
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NewsOFT chief rejects need for law change on NHS merger controls
The chief executive of the Office of Fair Trading has admitted there is scope for “significant improvement” in the way the competition authorities that have taken over NHS merger controls engage with hospital trusts.
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CommentLevel playing fields do not always help all players
Private providers say the field is skewed against them
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HSJ LocalPoole seeks to fill executive vacancies after merger blocked
WORKFORCE: Poole Hospitals Foundation Trust chief executive Chris Bown has announced he will leave the trust next year, after its merger plans were blocked.
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CommentCompetition law can give the NHS the edge
Competition is not a distraction from better patient care
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to land any qualified provider status
Ten pieces of advice on how to become an AQP organisation
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NewsUPDATED: Pathology services merger clearance sets 'precedent'
The Office of Fair Trading has given merger control clearance for a pathology services joint venture between two London foundation trusts and a private sector provider.
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CommentA healthy level of competition and choice
Mental health has quietly and effectively been using competition
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NewsNicholson defends senior pay in row with MPs
Sir David Nicholson has told MPs the suggestion he changed his opinion to fit the facts was “beyond response” during a heated discussion on the pay of senior health service managers.
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NewsExclusive: Carter laments slow progress on pathology reform
The author of an influential review of pathology services has expressed disappointment at the slow pace of reform but said he had not yet “given up hope” it can be achieved.
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NewsTimeline: Bournemouth and Poole merger saga
How HSJ has covered Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals and Poole Hospital foundation trusts failed merger attempt.