All articles by Jack Serle – Page 8
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NewsNHSE: Trusts pay ‘unwarranted price variations’ for energy
NHS England’s central commercial function is developing a “coherent category strategy for energy” to standardise trusts’ approach to energy and manage cost pressures in the face of continuing gas and electricity inflation.
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NewsExplained: How the Cabinet Office will control trust spending
The ways in which central government will oversee trust spending in the future has been set out in a series of webinars, a letter from the chief commercial officer Jacqui Rock, and a set of frequently asked questions – all of which have been seen by HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: Cabinet Office clamps down on trust spending freedom
NHS trusts will have to receive Cabinet Office approval for any clinical and non-clinical spending over £10m, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsSupplier sues NHSE over ‘defective’ procurement process
A software and IT services supplier is suing the NHS for £6.6m damages because a “defective” procurement system led to it lodging paperwork in the wrong place, excluding its bid for a contract worth up to £144m.
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NewsTrust drops mandatory renewable energy scheme with ‘no value’
An NHS trust has dropped a renewable energy mechanism that was intended to support a transition away from fossil fuels, despite it being made mandatory by NHS England.
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NewsCost of living crisis stoking appetite for ‘co-ordinated’ NHS strikes, warn trust CEOs
The cost of living crisis is increasing the chance of strikes by NHS staff this winter, fear trust chief executives, who are also concerned there are “increasing numbers of staff… unable to afford to work” in the service.
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NewsNHS regional director stepping down
NHS London regional director and community health trust chief executive Andrew Ridley will step down at the end of December.
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NewsNew lead for DHSC’s MedTech directorate
The procurement lead from a major London acute will lead the Department of Health and Social Care’s new medical technology directorate, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrusts face quadrupling in gas prices
A leading energy broker for the NHS has told trusts to expect gas bills to rise by more than three times from April, according to information seen by HSJ.
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NewsCentre rationing hundreds of medical consumables and products
Hundreds of items of medical equipment and consumables ranging from dressings to tracheotomy tubes are under strict demand management by NHS Supply Chain, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsBehan made full member of NHS England board
Former Care Quality Commission chief Sir David Behan has been appointed as a full member of NHS England’s board.
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NewsTrust ends deal with consultancy accused of ‘misconduct’ by Jacob Rees-Mogg
Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has ended its £6m contract with consultants Bain & Company after the government accused it of “grave professional misconduct” over its activities in South Africa.
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NewsCyber attack triggers 111 ‘total system outage’
Many NHS 111 services are without a crucial IT system for several days, after a cyber attack on a software supplier.
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NewsTruss plans ‘fewer layers of NHS management’
Tory party leadership frontrunner and potential prime minister Liz Truss has said she would ‘sort out’ pensions tax problems for doctors, and promised to empower clinicians by making the NHS less centralised.
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NewsPrivate provider sues NHS England over £270m contract award
A private provider is accusing NHS England of breaking procurement rules after it awarded a contract for prison health services in the South West to a London mental health trust.
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NewsExclusive: Department of Health pays £2.2m for covid inquiry legal advice
The Department of Health and Social Care has brought in external legal support to help it prepare for the independent public inquiry into the covid pandemic.
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HSJ LocalNHSE pushes large London acute to join pathology network
NHS England is using the prospect of diagnostics funding to push a large London acute trust into joining a pathology network.
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NewsEmergency performance slumps again as covid hits
Emergency care performance has again plunged to near-record lows, despite demand falling compared to the previous month.
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NewsNew single IT system to manage billions in procurement spend
Funding has been secured for a single software platform to potentially manage all NHS procurement activities, which could equate to around £30bn of spending across 80,000 suppliers.
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NewsHundreds of products out of stock amid ‘unprecedented’ supply chain problems
NHS trusts are finding hundreds of clinical and non-clinical products are out of stock with the national supply chain agency, leaving procurement teams scrambling to find alternatives and avoid gaps in supply.