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NewsHSJ’s 10 most read finance and efficiency stories of 2020
With 2020 down to its final days, it’s time to take a look back at HSJ ’s most read finance and efficiency stories of the year.
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Second leading trust chooses tech supplier not included on NHSE and X approved list for £175m deal
One of the NHS’s flagship teaching trusts has defied NHSX and NHS England by selecting an electronic patient record system supplier not included on their approved framework, HSJ can reveal.
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Government tenders £785m testing contract
The Department of Health and Social Care will spend up to £785m on a new service to pack and deliver covid home test kits over the next two years, according to tender documents published today.
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Exclusive: Commercial covid labs seek NHS support
The private sector component of England’s national covid testing regime is running short on capacity and has asked the NHS for help, HSJ has learnt.
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NHS braces for £10bn spend on outsourcing work to private hospitals
The NHS could spend £10bn outsourcing work to private hospital groups over the next four years, HSJ can reveal.
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Trust lost £11m in private income due to covid
An NHS trust lost £11m in expected private income because of the covid-19 outbreak, it has revealed.
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The Royal Mint joins growing list of PPE suppliers
The Department of Health and Social Care spent at least £488.8m buying personal protective equipment in April and May, newly published documents reveal.
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Trusts to buy Serco out of joint venture after losing major contract
Two foundation trusts are set to buy an outsourcing company out of a multimillion pound pathology partnership, HSJ can reveal.
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Payment by results suspended
The financial targets for NHS trusts as well as the established payment system under which money flows through the system have been suspended by national leaders, while the biggest health policy decisions have been put on hold.
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NHSE appoints chief commercial officer after 14-month search
NHS England/Improvement has made its interim chief commercial officer permanent after a 14-month search.
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Preferred bidder announced for £2.25bn contract
An incumbent pathology provider looks set to lose its bid to retain a contract worth £2.25bn over 15 years.
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Revealed: ‘Bullying and disclosure of personal information’ accusations at trust’s commercial arm
A teaching hospital’s commercial arm has seen multiple allegations of bullying, unprofessional behaviour, improper hiring practice and the “disclosure of personal information” by staff, HSJ can reveal.
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CCG hits back at contractor’s ‘wholly incorrect’ bullying claim
A clinical commissioning group has called bullying allegations from one of its contractors “wholly incorrect” — and pointed out they were made after the possibility of a performance warning was raised.
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Manager wins short-staffing whistleblowing case
A manager has won his employment tribunal against a patient transport company he alleged had misled clients over staffing.
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NHSX will advise trusts on getting good tech deals
NHSX has announced plans to launch a “centre of expertise” for healthcare providers where they can seek advice on securing deals with tech suppliers.
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NHSE reviewing patient transport contracting after string of failures
NHS England has ordered a review into the cost of patient transport services and the way they are commissioned, following a string of market failures.
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Government bids to control FT capital spending
Foundation trusts will be subject to capital spending limits – further eroding their autonomy – as part of an overhauled approach to planning and approving estates and technology investment in the NHS.
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Trust approves ‘rapid growth’ plan for overseas work
A leading mental health trust is creating a joint venture organisation to develop its commercial work, including private care in the Middle East and potentially China.
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Virgin Care and NHS partner win £85m contract
Virgin Care and an NHS provider have won an £85m joint community services project.
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NHSI appoints new commercial chief
NHS Improvement has appointed a new director of procurement transformation and commercial delivery, HSJ understands.
