All Procurement articles – Page 33
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HSJ LocalTrust launches High Court challenge over contract loss
Humber Foundation Trust launches a legal challenge after losing out on a multimillion pound, five year contract Trust asks High Court to investigate the criteria used by commissioners to award the contract to another provider East Riding of Yorkshire CCG confirms legal action has been taken but not who ...
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NewsMajor deal brings 'Amazon style' procurement to nearly 100 trusts
New procurement platform could be a major step towards creating a single procurement catalogue across the NHS Exclusive partnership deal struck between NHS Shared Business Services, which serves 87 NHS trusts, and retail technology firm Virtualstock System already implemented by Guy’s and St Thomas’ FT, which was highlighted in ...
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CommentAnalysis: Commissioners have questions to answer over failed contract
The “phased withdrawal” of Coperforma from providing Sussex’s patient transport service has been greeted with a sigh of relief from unions and many patients. But it leaves many questions unanswered.
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: Cutting the rate of surgical site wound infections
A roundtable by HSJ and Nursing Times during the Patient Safety Congress focused on how to reduce the high toll on health and finances caused by complications in post-operative care
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Expert BriefingWhat’s new in care models: The NHS’s first accountable care organisation?
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View
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MCP bidders told to avoid seeking 'excessive profit'
Favoured bid for MCP contract will be one which does not seek “excessive” profit says vanguard CCG Dudley CCG sets out proposed service scope for MCP CCGs will be able to terminate MCP contract if provider is not achieving agreed outcomes Some adult social care and public health services ...
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HSJ LocalNurses forced to clean wards after private company fails to improve
Nottingham trust says company has made “insufficient progress” Nurses are cleaning after Carillion staff to maintain standards, trust says Board will discuss future of £200m cleaning contract later this month Nurses at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust are having to clean wards after cleaners from a private company in ...
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HSJ LocalHospital cleaning company faces loss of £200m contract over poor standards
A privately provided cleaning contract worth £200m will be discussed by board members at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust this week amid “significant concerns” over standards, HSJ has learned.
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NewsFirst set of standardised products for NHS providers announced
NHS Improvement announces first tranche of standardised products to boost procurement volumes and cut prices Twelve products cover £100m of trust spending and could result in 25 per cent savings Regulator says it would prefer “coalition of the willing” to enforcing compliance through contracts Read the products list and ...
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NewsCCG and advisers accuse each other over £750m contract collapse
Review lays bare chaotic process which led to £750m contract collapse Cambridgeshire CCG and its advisers blame each other for failure on key issues Concerns raised about process and budget set by CCG to deliver deal NHS England says it will scrutinise big contracts more closely in future ...
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NewsPlanning guidance: Stevens and Mackey will intervene over contract disputes
Providers and commissioners that cannot resolve contract disputes by the end of the year face “intervention” by the NHS England and NHS Improvement chief executives and may see funding withheld.
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CommentNow is the (earlier than usual) winter of our discontent
As talk hots up of old-school NHS disasters, thankfully Hodge’s memoirs and Labour’s woes provide distractions
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NewsExclusive: Providers to compete to run new maternity mental health units
Providers urged to express interest in running three new mother and baby units to provide inpatient care to women with serious mental health problems New units will be funded with some of the £365m pledged to perinatal mental health care in July The units will be based in East ...
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NewsNHS managers face crackdown on conflicts of interest
NHS England consultation document suggests number of areas where declarations of interest should be made Senior managers face declaring shareholdings, paid positions, family relationships and political memberships Doctors could have to declare private practice earnings but other staff are not included NHS executives earning money from consultancy, advisory ...
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NewsTrust chiefs deny 'low-balling' bid before major contract collapse
UnitingCare providers deny making a knowingly unrealistic bid for £750m contract Trusts, NHS England and CCG accuse previous provider of not being transparent over the service costs Previous provider Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust robustly rejects charge NHS trusts involved in the UnitingCare debacle have denied making a deliberately ...
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NewsNew rules to follow £750m contract debacle and Brexit
There will be a new “checklist” for CCGs and assurance process for providers involved in big contracts Simon Stevens suggests Brexit could offer opportunity to change procurement rules Strategic Projects Team was disbanded because NHS England was “not satisfied with the quality of their work” System leaders are ...
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CommentExactly what we need in a workforce strategy
There is a pressing need for a comprehensive workforce strategy for the NHS
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NewsPHSO admits it failed to follow rules for £100k contract
PHSO accepts errors in handling of contract worth more than £100,000 The board should have approved contract for onsite cafe last year The regulator was criticised by the NAO for contract failings in 2015 The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman failed to follow its own procurement guidance when ...
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catch Up: Biggest CCG merger, and plans to revamp NHS procurement
Your essential update on the week in health
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NewsDH warned about 'fragmentation' of NHS procurement system
Concerns raised that planned shake up by the Department of Health could result in “fragmentation” of NHS procurement system DH intends to split procurement into 11 “category towers” when NHS Supply Chain contract ends in October 2018 Health Care Supply Association warns “the whole supply chain is being put ...