Jack Serle
Jack is a senior correspondent covering procurement, competition policy, and non-clinical services. During the pandemic, he has been writing about the Test and Trace programme, delivery of vaccines and procurement of personal protective equipment.
Jack previously worked for five years at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism on its Covert War Project. He trained in science journalism, and has also worked as a journalist with the World Health Organisation. He joined HSJ in the summer of 2018.
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NewsNHSE to curb ‘completely out of control’ procurement routes
Local leaders’ use of different procurement routes has been ‘completely out of control’, NHS England’s chief procurement officer has said, as she revealed there will be new restrictions from April.
News‘Instrumental’ NHSE director departs
One of the architects of NHS England’s new commercial strategic framework is leaving the organisation this month.
News£100m national accounting system delayed by up to six months
The delivery of a ‘business critical’ accounting system for the NHS has been delayed because the stretched programme team wants more time to ensure readiness in light of a similar project being deemed ‘unachievable’ by a government watchdog, HSJ has learned.
NewsNew strategy will be led by service, not consultants, claims NHSE procurement chief
NHS England has introduced another national commercial strategy to try to get local procurement teams working more consistently.
NewsNHSE seeks chair with ‘strong commercial’ skills to adjudicate on contract disputes
NHS England wants a healthcare insider to lead scrutiny of contentious decisions made under new commissioning rules, as well as to adjudicate on complaints the NHS has not provided patients with sufficient choice.
NewsNational team in £600k senior management recruitment drive
NHS England’s commercial directorate is bringing in six new directors and senior managers with a combined salary package of at least £600,000 to help it deliver £1.5bn in savings over the next five years.
NewsPritchard defends NHS productivity levels
The NHS is doing ‘far more’ than it was pre-covid but this is not being reflected in standard measures of productivity, NHS England’s chief executive told MPs today.
NewsNHSE director to leave next month
NHS England’s director for clinical integration has announced she is leaving the national commissioner in December.
NewsJohnson claims ‘NHS failure to grip discharges forced lockdown’
Boris Johnson has claimed he was ‘forced… to lock down the country… because the NHS and social services had failed to grip… delayed discharges’, it has emerged.
NewsCommissioners need only use competitive tenders in rare cases say new rules
New regulations have significantly narrowed the circumstances under which commissioners must use a competitive process to choose suppliers of healthcare services.
NewsTeaching trust accused of unfair treatment by supplier
A major London teaching trust has seen its decision to award a five-year waste management contract challenged by an unsuccessful bidder.
NewsICB battling legal challenge over patient transport contracts
The award of two patient transport contracts, worth a combined £42m, by an integrated care board is being challenged in court by the losing bidder.
NewsTrusts and ICBs asked to give ‘honest’ assessment of their ‘improvement culture’
Trust leaders have been asked to “self-assess” the quality of their “improvement culture” as part of an initiative launched by NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard in the spring.
News‘National legal services system’ proposed by NHSE
NHS England is looking to scale back spending on legal advice by rationalising the way local organisations procure and use services.
NewsICB drops procurement legally challenged by supplier
An integrated care board has dropped its procurement of a digital system after a health technology supplier launched a legal challenge accusing the ICB of breaking purchasing rules.
NewsTrust sued for damaging boat
An ambulance trust is being sued for £1.2m in damages after it damaged a boat off the Cornish coast, according to papers filed with the High Court.
NewsNHSE to outsource raft of commercial functions
NHS England’s commercial directorate will outsource management of several key areas of its work, according to details of the national commissioner’s planned procurements published last week.
NewsNational procurement chief leaves after four months
A senior NHS Supply Chain executive is abruptly leaving the organisation four months after he joined.
NewsSupplier sues NHS Supply Chain for abandoning procurement
A UK-based manufacturer of personal protective equipment is suing NHS Supply Chain for abandoning its decision in late 2022 to award contracts to potentially supply millions of facemasks to acute and non-acute providers, after a ‘dramatic’ drop in demand.
NewsNew panel will oversee NHS competition regime, DHSC decides
The government will set up an independent panel to oversee disputes arising from decisions made under a new provider selection regime, it said today.