All NHS co-operation and competition panel articles – Page 7
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LeaderAndy Burnham speech delivers body blow to NHS competition and choice
The government’s commitment to choice and competition is unravelling.
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CommentChris Ham on increasing NHS co-operation
Tighter budgets and more integrated care mean the co-operation and competition panel must change tack away from its old policy of relying on competitive markets
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News'NHS must be protected' - Unison
Unison has called on NHS workers to unite and press for a temporary ban on the provision of public health care by private companies.
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NewsAcute trust mergers expected to increase
The co-operation and competition panel is expecting a surge in cases evaluating the costs and benefits of acute trust mergers, says its director Andrew Taylor.
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NewsLewisham PCT agrees merger with hospital trust
NHS Lewisham’s trust board has agreed to merge its community health services with Lewisham Hospital trust in an effort to eventually achieve foundation trust status.
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NewsCompetition panel examines trust takeover bids
The co-operation and competition panel is investigating the takeover of a trust that was not going to succeed in becoming a foundation.
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NewsCompetition panel to investigate Kingston PCT
The co-operation and competition panel has agreed to investigate allegations of anti-competitive practice against Kingston primary care trust.
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NewsKPMG confirms Mark Britnell's appointment
KPMG has confirmed the appointment of Mark Britnell as its new head of Healthcare Europe, as exclusively revealed by HSJ last month.
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NewsNHS competition panel allows foundation trust to take over community services
The co-operation and competition panel has recommended that the transfer of a primary care trust’s community services arm to a foundation trust be allowed.
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CommentStephen Eames on large scale health solutions
Writing this, I know there will be catcalls from many quarters because as a chief executive of a large acute organisation I will be regarded as self interested, self serving or at worst unreconstructed, but here goes.
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NewsMark Britnell move 'will not hit world class commissioning'
The Department of Health is downplaying Mark Britnell’s departure for the private sector, insisting the world class commissioning programme will not flounder without him.
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NewsIntegrated care pilot to be investigated
One of the Department of Health’s integrated care pilot schemes is to be investigated by the co-operation and competition panel to see if it breaches merger, choice and competition rules.
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NewsAvoid tendering pitfalls, warns NHS competition panel director
Co-operation and competition panel director Andrew Taylor has revealed some of the basic mistakes primary care trusts have made when tendering out services.
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NewsMark Britnell quits NHS for private sector
HSJ has learned Mark Britnell, NHS director general for commissioning and system management, is to join consultancy KPMG.
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NewsUnite campaigns against community service reforms
Trade union Unite has launched a campaign against Department of Health plans to separate primary care trust provider arms from commissioning PCTs.
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NewsCompetition panel looks at NHS provider shift
The co-operation and competition panel is to investigate plans to transfer a primary care trust provider arm’s services to a foundation trust.
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NewsRole of competition panel under review
The Department of Health will carry out a “major review” of its principles of co-operation and competition in the summer.
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NewsNHS Confederation warns primary care trusts to tender with caution
Commissioners will need to be robust about which services they put out to tender, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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Alan Johnson seeks to rein in co-operation and competition panel
Health secretary Alan Johnson has said he is concerned investigations by the co-operation and competition panel could slow down trust mergers required by the Department of Health’s failure regime.
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Foundation trusts warn competition could fragment NHS
Foundation trusts have warned that NHS services risk being destabilised and fragmented under new competition rules.