All Competition and co-operation articles – Page 18
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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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CommentIs choice a blight or a boon for patient care?
Will choice hit the vulnerable or drive up standards?
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CommentHow competition can help community services
Why choice does not always lead to privatisation
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CommentCompetition: waiting for that green light
We need to move the debate on from whether or not competition actually works
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NewsNicholson fears 'carpet bombing' privatisation
A warning by the head of the NHS that the government’s controversial health reforms could end in “misery and failure” sparked fresh Labour calls for parts of the shake-up to be halted.
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LeaderMaking integration happen
Integration will be as important as competition, Jeremy Hunt has declared
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NewsHealth minister claims MPs becoming more 'responsible' about reconfiguration
New health minister Daniel Poulter has insisted politicians are becoming more far-sighted in their approach to debates about service reconfiguration.
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NewsCommunity trusts in FT delay
More than half of the community trusts hoping to achieve foundation status have had their authorisation applications delayed, HSJ analysis reveals.
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HSJ LocalNorth Cumbria takeover deadline pushed back to 2013-14
STRUCTURE: The deadline for Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust’s planned acquisition of North Cumbria University Hospital has been pushed back by four months, into the next financial year.
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NewsTenders for sexual health contracts could leave HIV services 'unviable'
Plans to put sexual health services out to competitive tender could make it “unviable” for some NHS trusts to continue offering HIV treatment and care, the Department of Health has warned.
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CommentLessons from the world of payments
Policy makers overestimate the power of the tariff system, says Nigel Edwards
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HSJ Local
Brighton and Sussex makes compliance pledge to OFT
COMMERCIAL: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of eight trusts that have given voluntary assurances to the Office for Fair Trading that they will no longer exchange commercially sensitive information.
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HSJ Local
OFT pledge made by Frimley Park FT
COMMERCIAL: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of eight trusts have given voluntary assurances to the OFT that they will no longer exchange commercially sensitive information.
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NewsCollaboration not competition CSUs' 'priority'
The NHS Commissioning Board has stressed the importance of collaboration between commissioning support units after announcing a series of networks to provide some “at scale” services.
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HSJ Local
Dartford & Gravesham to cease “anti competitive” data sharing
COMMERCIAL: Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust is one of eight trusts have given voluntary assurances to the OFT that they will no longer exchange commercially sensitive information.
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HSJ Local
Competition pledge from East Sussex Healthcare
COMMERCIAL: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is one of eight trusts that have given voluntary assurances to the OFT that they will no longer exchange commercially sensitive information.
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NewsPrivate providers in NHS 'likely' to escape toughest regulatory controls
Only a “very small” number of NHS services provided by private firms face the toughest regulatory controls, sector leaders have insisted following the publication of new Monitor guidance.
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NewsOFT investigates NHS hospitals sharing price data
The Office of Fair Trading has obtained assurances from eight NHS trusts that they will cease sharing commercially sensitive information about their private patient unit prices, it revealed this morning.
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NewsDH unveils licensing and competition plans
Healthcare sector regulator Monitor will have the power to direct commissioners to “withdraw or vary” tenders that breach competition rules, under regulations proposed by the Department of Health.