All Procurement articles – Page 44
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NewsPrivate health firms report big increases in NHS work
Three private healthcare groups have revealed big increases in the work they are doing for the NHS.
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NewsCCGs to retender out of hours contract after legal row
Four clinical commissioning groups in north east England have scrapped a near complete procurement process for their GP out of hours services after a legal challenge by one of the bidders.
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NewsCQC's 'experts by experience' procurement delayed
The Care Quality Commission has ‘paused’ its search for new organisations to recruit, train and manage inspectors with personal experience of health and social care just a month after the service was put out to tender.
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NewsCambridgeshire flagship services restructure racks up over £1m in costs
A clinical commissioning group has spent more than £1m developing and tendering one of the most high profile service restructures in the NHS.
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HSJ PartnersA new e-procurement system could see the NHS open for international business
Guide to using Pan European Public Procurement On-Line
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NewsLord Carter urged to slash procurement frameworks
The government is being urged to slash the number of procurement frameworks as part of its drive to reform the way the health service buys goods and services.
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CommentShine the light on what needs to change and the NHS will improve
Get rid of the ‘checklist’ culture
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HSJ LocalSouth Tyneside CCG proposes urgent care hub
COMMERCIAL: An urgent care centre will open at South Tyneside General Hospital next year, under plans drawn up by a clinical commissioning group.
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NewsPrivate firms and local authorities in running to provide commissioning support
Private firms and two local authorities are in the running for a place on a “lead provider” framework that will determine which organisations supply backoffice services to CCGs
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HSJ PartnersThe NHS needs to aim higher when it comes to procurement
Implement an ambitious new strategy to stay free
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HSJ LocalDevon procurement plan resisted by providers and local council
A Devon commissioner’s plan to award community services contracts without putting them out to tender has been resisted by competing providers and a local authority.
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HSJ Partners
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HSJ KnowledgeGetting IT right in the NHS: make tech projects run smoothly
IT now has board level visibility
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NewsLocal education and training posts at risk in HEE's cost cutting review
Education and training posts across the country could be axed as part of the second phase of Health Education England’s cost cutting reorganisation.
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NewsNHS England to outsource £100m primary care admin function
NHS England has announced it will go to open procurement to outsource its £100m primary care support services functions.
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HSJ LocalSomerset shortlists for 111 and OOH
COMMERCIAL: Four bidders have been shortlisted to provide NHS 111 and out of hours primary care services in Somerset, in one of the first NHS 111 re-procurements to be run.
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NewsLord Carter outlines early priorities for procurement
The new NHS procurement champion has urged trusts to be open minded about the benefits of a more centralised purchasing system
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NewsExclusive: Lord Carter appointed NHS 'procurement champion'
The Department of Health has appointed Labour peer Lord Carter as the NHS’s “procurement champion” to help the service save up to £2bn on its budget, HSJ has learned.