All Procurement articles – Page 3
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NewsStaffing agency sues trust in framework row
A staffing agency is suing the NHS after it was denied a place on a major procurement framework.
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NewsNHSE approves 20 procurement framework hosts ahead of clampdown
A first set of organisations that set up and run procurement frameworks has been approved by NHS England as part of preparations to force trusts to buy services through accredited routes.
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HSJ Local‘Oldest NHS IT system’ to be replaced
An acute/community trust is set to implement a “game-changing” electronic patient record which will replace one of the oldest IT systems in the NHS, according to its chief executive.
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HSJ PartnersThe ghost in the machine – balancing the human and technology in digital transformation
Large-scale digital transformation is happening right across the NHS; however, this is often too focused on technological change and overlooks the human changes required to deliver the desired impact. An approach that balances the human and the digital will be key to ensuring sustainable, long-term change
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HSJ PartnersImproving the lives of the people through place-based procurement
Stuart Watkins, health business manager at Crown Commercial Service, explains the importance of place-based procurement and offers key considerations for developing successful policies
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NewsNHSE appoints new director
NHS England has appointed a new director to implement its commercial strategy.
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NewsNHSE forced to suspend £300m digital framework after ‘claim’ against it
NHS England has suspended a new framework to buy digital GP services — part of the national primary care recovery plan — after a “claim” was issued over the process, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrust seeks ‘dialogue’ to avert court row with ICB
Providers who are taking legal action against commissioners have called for a “dialogue” over the risks an underfunded tender would pose to local children and families.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: The rise of digital nurse leaders
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by senior correspondent Nicholas Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsICB seeks new transport provider after discharge concerns
An integrated care board is procuring a new supplier of non-emergency patient transport services after its previous contract was cancelled early following a dispute.
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News£100m pathology contract outsourced by London acute
A north London acute is outsourcing its pathology services to a public-private partnership in a deal worth £105m.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Quarter of ICSs lack key tech strategies
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by senior correspondent Nicholas Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsNHSE ‘tiger teams’ deployed to support tech rollouts
NHS England has announced plans to procure expert “Tiger Teams” to support the delivery of electronic patient records in provider organisations in a contract worth £16m.
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NewsHalf of covid ICU kit stockpile to be auctioned off
The government hopes to sell nearly half the intensive care equipment in the strategic pandemic reserve in the next few weeks, HSJ has learned.
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NewsProcurement agency creating ‘frustration and mistrust’ among trusts
NHS Supply Chain and NHS England must do more to make the national procurement model more attractive to local trusts if the NHS is to realise potential savings available from buying at scale, according to a National Audit Office report.
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NewsEx-regulator chief to lead new competition panel
NHS England has appointed a chair to its new panel set up to scrutinise decisions made under its new commissioning rules and to decide on complaints that the NHS is not offering patients sufficient choice.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Emergence of convergence
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by senior correspondent Nicholas Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsTrusts ‘strongly recommended’ to stop buying their own energy
The NHS has announced it will move to buying energy centrally in a bid to cut costs, though the deal will not be mandated for trusts.
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NewsCleaning company sues NHS property firm over £237m contract
A state-owned property management firm set up to manage community health facilities built with private finance is being sued for breaking procurement rules when it awarded a £237m cleaning contract.
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HSJ LocalTrust finally launches review into consultancy contract that was never tendered
A major trust has launched an external review into a decade-long consultancy contract that was never subject to a public tender process.