All Procurement articles – Page 4
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NewsTwo more ICBs sued over procurement by NHS trusts
An NHS trust and two social enterprises are taking legal action over a £300m procurement for children’s community health services which they say raises ‘significant concerns about safety’.
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HSJ LocalICB sued by trust over £500m deal
A company part-run by an NHS trust has launched a legal challenge against a neighbouring integrated care board over a £500m pathology contract.
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NewsNew national boss to oversee ‘40 new hospitals’ programme
The Department of Health and Social Care is looking for a new chief commercial officer to deliver its efficiency and savings targets, as well as a variety of procurement and commercial activities.
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NewsNHSE to curb ‘completely out of control’ procurement routes
Local leaders’ use of different procurement routes has been ‘completely out of control’, NHS England’s chief procurement officer has said, as she revealed there will be new restrictions from April.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Why trusts should think twice about big EPR deployments
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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PodcastHSJ Podcast: How the Fuller abuse inquiry will change the NHS
Leaders at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust have been heavily criticised in an independent inquiry into the actions of former maintenance supervisor David Fuller.
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News£600m consultancy contract advertised for New Hospital Programme
NHS England is looking to hire a new delivery partner, on a contract worth up to £600m, to support its major hospital rebuilding programme.
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NewsNew strategy will be led by service, not consultants, claims NHSE procurement chief
NHS England has introduced another national commercial strategy to try to get local procurement teams working more consistently.
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: ICBs learn different lessons from procurement debacle
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: How NHSE’s new data platform will work
US firm Palantir has officially been awarded the lucrative federated data platform deal, which is one of the biggest NHS data projects in recent years.
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NewsExclusive: Dozens of new ambulances delayed after supplier goes bust
The delivery of more than 100 new ambulances to the NHS could be delayed ahead of winter after the company paid to supply them went into administration, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNational team in £600k senior management recruitment drive
NHS England’s commercial directorate is bringing in six new directors and senior managers with a combined salary package of at least £600,000 to help it deliver £1.5bn in savings over the next five years.
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NewsDHSC defends contract award to minister's ex-colleague
A consultancy contract awarded to a health minister’s former colleague without being tendered was above the value threshold that would normally require a competitive process, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local‘Incapable managers’ and ‘socialist NHS’ to blame for delay to £300m project, claims MP
A Conservative MP has attacked the management of his local trust and NHS bureaucracy for failing to deliver improvements to two hospitals in his constituency, despite the government allocating the schemes over £300m six years ago.
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HSJ LocalTrust names US firm as preferred bidder for new EPR
An East Anglian trust has reportedly chosen American company Epic as its new electronic patient record provider.
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CommentLabour should prioritise value not price in NHS reforms
Lord Philip Hunt shares his insight on revolutionising NHS procurement by focussing on value-based healthcare, patient outcomes and cost efficiency
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HSJ LocalTrust pauses EPR go live amid roll out problems
A large teaching trust has delayed the launch of its new electronic patient record system, with no new date yet set.
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HSJ PartnersFour ways Crown Commercial Service is helping to maximise NHS procurement
From digital transformation and fleet to financial and estate solutions, Crown Commercial Service is helping the health sector bring power to its procurement.
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NewsICB battling legal challenge over patient transport contracts
The award of two patient transport contracts, worth a combined £42m, by an integrated care board is being challenged in court by the losing bidder.
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HSJ LocalICBs must pay £1.7m for competition failure
Three integrated care boards have had to pay £1.7m to a technology firm, after commissioners manipulated a procurement, new figures reveal.