All Competition and co-operation articles – Page 33
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HSJ KnowledgeIntegrated healthcare: removing the policy barriers
Concluding their look at integrated healthcare services, Judith Smith and Chris Ham set out seven proposals for making it happen in light of the Equity and Excellence white paper
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NewsReckitt Benckiser fined for anti-competitive activity
Household goods giant Reckitt Benckiser has been fined £10.2m for abusing its dominant position in the supply of its Gaviscon heartburn treatment to the NHS.
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CommentCompetition could change the face of healthcare
Competition could change the health landscape in the same way it did with gas, electricity and telecoms
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LeaderFollow the leaders – or waste billions of pounds every year
Variability is the curse of any large organisation. The most successful corporations spend considerable time and cost in identifying and resolving variations in performance.
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NewsFuture RCGP leader issues warning on 'market expansion'
The government’s planned expansion of the “any willing provider” is the biggest issue concerning GPs, according to the chair elect of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
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NewsTransforming Community Services: PCTs step closer to deciding fate of provider arms
Primary care trusts are edging closer to determining the future of their provider arms.
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NewsThorny NHS reform issues unresolved
A Department of Health document on the proposed strengthening of the NHS provider market, seen by HSJ, sheds further light on the reforms’ far reaching and sensitive consequences.
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NewsCompetition will 'overshadow' white paper benefits - BMA
Extending NHS competition could undermine any potential benefits arising from the white paper, the British Medical Association has warned.
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InformationPublic service reform in an age of cuts: where next?
LIBERAL DEMOCRAT FRINGE - The duty of government is to protect public services and cut costs where possible, Adviser to Nick Clegg, Norman Lamb MP said today.
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NewsNicholson steps up reform with radical savings move
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has paved the way for primary care trusts to be merged as a means to make significant savings while implementing the health white paper.
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NewsIncentives required to bring about NHS collaboration
The government must introduce incentives and financial mechanisms to support integration in the NHS, according to a think tank report.
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NewsCompetition scrutiny for North West
The Cooperation and Competition Panel has escalated an investigation into specialised commissioning for mental health services in the North West.
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NewsTwo bidders left in NHS hospital franchise race
The outcome of a competitive process that will see a private firm involved in the running of an NHS hospital for the first time is expected to be announced before the end of the year.
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NewsConcerns over standard of specialist care
There are concerns over how specialised service commissioning will be controlled at regional level after strategic health authorities and primary care trusts are abolished.
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CommentAnswering the NHS's £14bn productivity question
Government efforts have reduced the NHS productivity challenge by £6bn, but also increased its instability
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HSJ KnowledgeHow New Labour changed NHS management culture
Deep shifts in management team culture may be Labour’s most enduring legacy to the NHS, says Russell Mannion.
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NewsGP commissioners warned to heed EU law
The GP commissioning groups planned by health secretary Andrew Lansley will need to be aware of how EU procurement law could affect the way they purchase services, a law firm has warned.
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NewsStudies back NHS competition and choice
Competition among NHS hospitals in England reduces death rates and decreases patients’ overall length of stay at no extra cost, researchers have found.
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LeaderClarity is the key to tackling excess admissions
Penalties for trusts doing too many emergency admissions, introduced in April, do not appear to have brought the numbers down.
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NewsHospital phone costs to be reviewed
The cost of hospital bedside phone and television services will be reviewed by the government amid calls to curb “extortionate” prices, MPs have heard.