All Competition and co-operation articles – Page 17
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CommentSally Gainsbury: putting a stopper on bungs
The DH and Monitor are in a quandry over EU competition rules
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NewsLord Owen registers bill to overturn key Lansley reforms
One of the leading opponents of the 2012 Health Act has announced a parliamentary bill to remove some of its most contentious elements.
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CommentThe dangers of marketisation
Competition will be a disaster for the NHS’s patients, finances and ethics
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CommentOFT may block basket case trust moves
If there are flaws in the OFT’s arguments, will the DH be prepared to say so?
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NewsOFT moves to extend its jurisdiction over NHS mergers
The Office of Fair Trading has moved to take over responsibility for assessing mergers between NHS trusts and foundation trusts, in a development which could have significant implications for the “pipeline” of aspirant FTs.
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NewsCompetition Commission to review first FT merger
Merger between Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals and Poole Hospital FTs in the spotlight
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HSJ Local
NHS Cornwall may have acted anti-competitively
COMMERCIAL: The Co-operation and Competition Panel has found NHS Cornwall may have broken rules on competition and choice in arranging inpatient care for patients with learning disabilities.
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HSJ Local
Merseyside GP takeover undergoing OFT and CCP scrutiny
FINANCE: The takeover of 20 practices by a family run GP firm is being examined by the Office of Fair Trading and Cooperation and Competition Panel.
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NewsLicensing regime could tilt playing field against NHS providers, Confed warns
Aspects of the new system for licensing providers of publicly funded healthcare risk unfairly disadvantaging NHS organisations, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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CommentHow treatment centres have driven competition
An Institute for Fiscal Studies report makes interesting reading
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HSJ KnowledgeTrusts lose ground in online marketing race
Providers are missing opportunities to promote themselves
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NewsExclusive: CCG leaders favour integration over competition
The first survey of CCG leaders has found they want providers to work closer together
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NewsCommissioner behaviour is main barrier to independent sector providers
Tendering behaviour is preventing a more diverse provider landscape, Monitor has indicated.
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HSJ LocalProvider sparks probe into placement claim
COMMERCIAL: A primary care trust is refusing to fund placements at a privately run facility for patients with learning disabilities because of its proximity to the site of a scandal-hit NHS hospital, it has been claimed.
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HSJ Local
University Hospital of South Manchester one of 12 awarded podiatry contract
COMMERCIAL: University Hospital of South Manchester Foundation Trust is one of 12 NHS and private sector providers that have been awarded “any qualified provider” status to provide podiatry services across Greater Manchester.
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HSJ Local
Providers awarded contracts for Greater Manchester hearing services
COMMERCIAL: Sixteen NHS and private sector providers have been awarded “any qualified provider” contracts to provide adult hearing services across Greater Manchester.
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CommentA perverse take on incentives
There is a new twist to the long-running debate about perverse incentives in the NHS
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NewsOFT begins scrutiny of merger plans
The Office of Fair Trading has begun a formal review examining what it predicts will be the “first of a number” of mergers between foundation trusts.
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NewsCompetition watchdog clears merger of Kent trusts
The NHS Co-operation and Competition Panel has approved the merger of two Kent acute trusts despite concluding it offered “no benefits” to offset its costs to patients and taxpayers.
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CommentCompetition: waiting for that green light
We need to move the debate on from whether or not competition actually works