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 health service that supports doctors and dentists with mental health problems, founded by prominent GP Clare Gerada, has received an “outstanding” rating from the Care Quality Commission, HSJ can reveal.
The Mid Staffordshire Public Inquiry chairman has said he believes it is time for a professional regulator to oversee senior NHS managers after admitting his fit and proper person test was “not fit for purpose”.
The NHS is planning to collect unprecedented “granular” details about patients’ care nationwide and make that information available to researchers, HSJ can reveal.
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