Andrew Taylor
Andrew Taylor was founding director of the Cooperation and Competition Panel for NHS-funded services, now part of Monitor.
CommentThe tiny number of contract disputes reflects well on NHS commissioners
Andrew Taylor, head of the Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel, highlights the key lessons for the NHS and private providers from the first year of the Provider Selection Regime.
CommentGetting more hours from exhausted clinicians - the options
Andrew Taylor explains the pay and cost dilemmas facing NHS leaders, as they look to use additional cash to keep waiting lists in check.
CommentConsolidation does not guarantee better care coordination
The drive to merge independent NHS organisations might have potential benefits but could end up making the health service less responsive to patient needs, opine Bill Morgan, Andrew Taylor and John Bennett
CommentHigh temp costs: A competition issue or held back NHS wages?
Competition issue or NHS wages being held down?
CommentA healthy level of competition and choice
Mental health has quietly and effectively been using competition
CommentAndrew Taylor: Bailout recipients beware state aid rules
Trusts need to grasp the EU’s payment rules
CommentMaintaining the competitive edge when trusts merge
The remedies that can be imposed on a problematic merger