All NHS co-operation and competition panel articles – Page 6
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NewsEaling and Harrow merger gets go-ahead
A proposed merger between two primary care trust provider arms and Ealing Hospital Trust should be allowed to go ahead, the cooperation and competition panel has ruled.
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NewsPCTs gain powers to force services out to community
Commissioners will be able to force hospitals to provide services in the community or make their staff available to other providers.
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LeaderPreferred provider policy: unions jilted, Burnham jolted, competition wins the day
Andy Burnham’s “preferred provider” policy is now in its death throes. What began as a speech aimed at ingratiating the health secretary with the unions ended in a put-down from the prime minister.
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NewsLansley urges OFT to investigate preferred provider case
Andrew Lansley has written to the Office of Fair Trading, calling for an urgent investigation into the government’s “preferred provider” policy.
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NewsExcluding independent sector from NHS services 'potentially unlawful'
Excluding the independent sector from bidding to provide NHS services is “unacceptable and potentially unlawful”, the NHS Confederation Partners Network has said.
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NewsDH accused of 'backroom deal' over preferred provider case
Primary care trusts in the East of England have been ordered by the Department of Health to suspend all procurements for community services.
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NewsFresh investigations stall Kingston branch surgery plans
The Department of Health has not yet approved the opening of a Kingston GP group’s new branch surgery - two months after the cooperation and competition panel said it should go ahead.
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NewsDH dismisses own advisory panel's claims on procurement and competition as 'anecdote'
The Department of Health has dismissed as “anecdote” a report from its own cooperation and competition panel that warned a “significant number” of NHS commissioners were at risk of legal challenge because they were not following procurement rules.
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NewsMany commissioners breach NHS competition rules
The NHS cooperation and competition panel has warned that a “significant number” of commissioners have left their procurement process open to challenge.
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NewsDH drawn into row over GP practice expansion
The Department of Health has been dragged into a row between NHS Kingston and one of its GP practices.
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NewsCompetition panel to investigate preferred provider policy
The cooperation and competition panel has received a formal complaint about a primary care trust’s interpretation of the government’s “preferred provider” policy.
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NewsIndependent provider arms 'nonsense', David Nicholson says
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has described the idea of many primary care trust provider arms becoming independent as “nonsense”.
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NewsProperty and competition to be investigated following takeover
A trust takeover has sparked an investigation into the relationship between property, competition and co-operation in the NHS.
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NewsAndy Burnham stands ground after taking fire on competition rules
Health secretary Andy Burnham has insisted to HSJ that his rewriting of the competition rules will accelerate, not slow, the pace of NHS reform.
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NewsFT chief: ‘can-do’ bid won our merger
A foundation chief executive has highlighted demonstrating a “can-do” attitude as a major factor in his successful bid to take over another trust.
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NewsTwo thirds of PCTs still to agree provider model
Two thirds of primary care trust provider arms have not yet had their future form agreed by their board and strategic health authority, a survey suggests.
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NewsFT warning over competition panel ruling on consultants
Foundation trusts have warned most decisions on allowing consultants to work for other providers will need to be decided individually, despite a co-operation and competition panel ruling last week that attempts to prevent such work were anti-competitive and undermined patient choice.
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CommentPaul Corrigan on NHS reform
NHS reform requires the creation of significant parts of the NHS system that are independent of the Department of Health and the NHS mainstream hierarchy of the past.
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NewsNHS competition panel rejects limit on consultants’ work outside their contracts
The co-operation and competition panel has said that restrictions on consultants working for other providers during their non-contractive hours are anti-competitive and against NHS principles.
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NewsAndy Burnham’s preferred bidder pledge questioned
Questions have been raised over the implications for competition and world class commissioning of health secretary Andy Burnham’s statement that the NHS is the “preferred provider” of services.