The Department of Health has launched a procurement drive to set up a framework of organisations to help primary care trust provider arms become social enterprises.
The department is hoping to recruit a panel of business support providers to offer PCTs “tailored support that is unlikely to be available from within the PCT itself”.
A DH spokeswoman said there was no value for the tender as support would be commissioned by PCTs.
A £210,000 exit payment to a commissioning chief who returned to the NHS after taking redundancy has not been reclaimed by the service – contrary to a claim by the health secretary that it had been – HSJ understands.
Linking data can offer unbridled benefits to healthcare systems, but at what financial cost? Richard Wood explores how in one healthcare system this has been achieved in little time and with a low price tag.
The health service is scrambling to provide additional funding to some hospitals to mitigate a crisis in emergency departments – despite the government not providing a formal “winter fund” this year – HSJ has learned.
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