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NHSE seeks consultancy firm for £40m ‘strategic partnership’
NHS England is set to spend up to £40m on management consultancy support for its commercial directorate, according to procurement documents seen by HSJ.
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£500m outsourcing deal finalised after confidential settlement
System leaders in Hertfordshire have settled a lawsuit brought by two companies part owned by an NHS trust in a neighbouring area, allowing a £500m pathology contract to be awarded to their preferred supplier.
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New NHSE director to lead £1.5bn savings programme
NHS England has appointed a senior director to lead an “ambitious” £1.5bn efficiencies programme.
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NHSE sued after incomplete video clip led to framework exclusion
A technology company is suing NHS England after the firm’s omission of a 17-second video clip from a tender meant it was excluded from a pivotal procurement framework, High Court documents have revealed.
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Staffing 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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NHSE 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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NHSE appoints new director
NHS England has appointed a new director to implement its commercial strategy.
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ICB 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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£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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Half 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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Procurement 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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Trusts ‘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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Cleaning 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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New 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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The NHS needs a new and improved PFI programme
Matthew Custance explains how amid the NHS infrastructure crisis, revisiting private finance initiative funding addresses the £30bn New Hospital Programme, but it necessitates a revamped approach considering past pitfalls and reforms
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NHSE 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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New firm takes over 60 GP practices from US insurer
American health insurance giant Centene is selling its English primary care arm to UK firm HCRG Care Group, HSJ can reveal.
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‘Instrumental’ NHSE director departs
One of the architects of NHS England’s new commercial strategic framework is leaving the organisation this month.
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£100m national accounting system delayed by up to six months
The delivery of a ‘business critical’ accounting system for the NHS has been delayed because the stretched programme team wants more time to ensure readiness in light of a similar project being deemed ‘unachievable’ by a government watchdog, HSJ has learned.
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New 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.