All Procurement articles – Page 34
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NewsTrusts save £40m in eight months via procurement savings
NHS document shows trusts saved £40m in procurement during first eight months of 2016-17 financial year Savings achieved through NHS Supply Chain as part of its £150m efficiency target Procurement model set to change in October 2018 NHS trusts have delivered at least £40m of procurement efficiencies as ...
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News‘Serious concern’ over new GP contracts going to private firms
BMA has “serious concerns” about local GP groups losing out on GP access contracts CCGs must procure extended GP access services NHS England said it encourages practices to form organisations “capable” of bidding for service contracts The British Medical Association has expressed “significant concern” about “local GP-led groups” ...
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News'Amazon style' NHS procurement platform delayed
New “Amazon style” online marketplace still being developed Platform was supposed to go live this month but now pushed to autumn The implementation of a new platform intended to save millions of pounds from procurement spending has been delayed, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalPrivate provider beats GP federation to NHS contract
Commissioners in north London have awarded an extended primary care services contract to a private provider over the GP federation that was already providing the service, HSJ has learned.
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AHSN bidding for national procurement contract
An academic health science network is bidding for a multimillion pound Department of Health procurement contract, HSJ understands.
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NewsFlagship £690m cancer procurement abandoned over financial fears
Staffordshire CCGs unable to award £687m cancer prime provider contract Privately led consortium unable to convince CCGs the contract was financially viable Decision follows the collapse of the UnitingCare Partnership contract in 2015 A controversial tender for cancer services in Staffordshire worth £687m has been abandoned after a ...
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NewsNHS Improvement to hire regional procurement leads
NHS Improvement is appointing four regional procurement leads to spearhead the efficiency drive set out in the Carter review.
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NewsNew £2bn training supplier framework created for NHS
NHS Shared Business Services creating new framework for apprentice training supplies The framework available free of charge to the NHS Potential market value for is estimated at £2bn by 2021 NHS Shared Business Services is creating a new framework for suppliers of apprenticeship training with a potential market ...
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HSJ LocalCCG to put £1.3bn MCP contract up for tender
Commissioners in Yorkshire, who are not one of NHS England’s national vanguards, have signalled their intention to tender a new care model contract worth more than £1bn, HSJ has learned.
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CommentAre we ending purchaser-provider separation?
Do Simon Stevens’ remarks about accountable care organisations really herald the seismic shift they suggest, asks Ben Collins
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NewsNaylor review: NHS needs £10bn increase in capital funding
Funding gap could be filled by land sales and private capital but extra Treasury cash also needed, review says Trusts should not get central capital funding unless they have credible plan and hit new benchmarks Review also calls for incentives including allowing STPs to retain sale receipts from locally ...
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NewsStevens: UK may reshape NHS competition rules after Brexit
Simon Stevens has said the NHS is “losing something” from the way community services contracts are often subject to legal procurement processes – and that Britain will be in a position to “shape our own decisions” in this area once it leaves the EU.
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NewsTrade body for NHS suppliers to start publishing complaints data
The Association of British Healthcare Industries is to start publishing information on complaints made about its members, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS suppliers refute allegation of 'cosy cartel' on prices
Suppliers association refutes ex-minister’s “cosy cartel” allegations Dan Poulter said firms threatened to withdraw life sciences investment if price transparency was made mandatory “Big medical product companies made it clear they would fight us tooth and nail” and “lobbied at highest level”, Dr Poulter claimed The chief executive ...
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NewsTurnaround consultants heading to more struggling trusts
Management consultants will be sent to another group of NHS trusts as part of a national turnaround programme.
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HSJ LocalMajor acute trust to lose services under CCG plans
Commissioners reveal plans to put up to seven Nottingham trust services out to tender Plans have been scaled back from December proposal to decommission 13 services CCGs believe changes will deliver better value care and patient outcomes Five services at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust will be put out ...
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HSJ LocalTrust to take back 1,500 staff after halting £200m private contract
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust will take back 1,500 staff from Carillion by 1 April Contract termination follows months of complaints over standards Five year contract worth £200m was awarded in 2014 Nottingham University Hospitals Trust will terminate a five year, £200m estates and facilities contract with Carillion by ...
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HSJ LocalCCG seeks single provider for £1m seven day GP contract
Commissioners in the West Midlands have launched a procurement process for a single provider of a seven day GP services contract worth more than £1m, HSJ has learned.
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NewsDepartment of Health director resigns
A Department of Health director who led programmes on efficiency and procurement has announced his resignation.
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News£190m contracts open to bids in procurement services break-up
Ten contracts worth a total of £190m over three years Private companies and NHS procurement hubs expected to bid Concerns raised by Health Care Supply Association have since been allayed Ten national contracts for the provision of procurement services have been advertised by the Department of Health.