All NHS co-operation and competition panel articles – Page 3
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NewsAcute sector faces wave of mergers and reconfigurations
The English NHS hospital sector is facing a wave of mergers, acquisitions and reconfigurations, HSJ’s extensive survey of trust chief executives has revealed.
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NewsYork FT must change gatekeeping role, says competition panel
The competition regulator has ruled against a deal between a primary care trust and a hospital which saw the latter refer some patients who it went on to treat itself.
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News£1.1bn Barts merger gets Lansley sign-off
The health secretary has approved the merger of three London hospital trusts to create an organisation with an estimated turnover of £1.1bn.
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CommentTrust mergers don't guarantee more for less
Mergering healthcare organisations should be viewed with caution, unless there are clear and demonstrable benefits to patient services, says Nuffield Trust chief economist Anita Charlesworth.
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Comment'Patient choice should not force commissioners away from competition'
Who will shape the market?
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HSJ Local
Private heart clinic refers FT to competition panel
COMMERCIAL: A foundation trust has been referred to the Cooperation and Competition Panel by a private heart clinic.
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NewsCompetition panel approves two hospital mergers and will look at two more
The Co-operation and Competition Panel has approved two hospital mergers, called another in for further scrutiny and opened a file on a fourth.
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NewsCCP recommends biggest acute merger go ahead despite 'reducing patient choice'
The Co-operation and Competition Panel has recommended England’s biggest hospital merger should be allowed to go ahead - but only because there is no alternative.
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NewsCompetition panel highlights GP conflict concern
A primary care trust has been criticised by the Cooperation and Competition Panel for giving GPs leading roles in a decision to close a rival primary care centre.
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Blogs
Locating the right evidence for merger decisions
Candace Imison asks whether potentially merging trusts’ evidence will meet the Competition and Cooperation panel’s exacting review standards, and what the challenge means for the 20 currently unviable trusts in the FT status pipeline.
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CCP rules against largest acute merger plan in the country
The Cooperation and Competition Panel has said plans to create the biggest single trust in the NHS would break competition rules.
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NewsPrivate sector faces referral to Competition Commission
The NHS reforms would have “blown up in people’s faces” without last week’s decision to refer the private healthcare market to the Competition Commission, the boss of Circle has told HSJ.
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HSJ Local
Competition panel moves to second phase of NHS Peterborough investigation
COMMERCIAL: The NHS Co-operation and Competition Panel is to conduct a more detailed investigation of a complaint that NHS Peterborough breached competition rules in attempting to close a primary care access centre.
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NewsFTs consider merger that would create largest trust
Three London foundation trusts are considering a merger that would create the single biggest trust, with a turnover of £1.9bn.
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HSJ Local
York Teaching Hospital submits evidence rejecting 'predatory pricing' accusations
COMMERCIAL: York Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust has submitted its case to the Co-operation and Competition Panel rejecting claims that it engaged in “predatory pricing” to win a contract for musculoskeletal services.
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NewsBennett warns against 'second guessing' merger rulings
Trusts involved in mergers should not “second guess” Monitor’s decisions or they risk having to “unwind” arrangements at taxpayers’ expense, the regulator’s boss has warned.
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HSJ Local
Monitor sanctions mental health merger
STRUCTURE: Monitor will allow a mental health trust in the East of England to be taken over despite a Cooperation and Competition Panel ruling against the acquisition.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to avoid legal pitfalls when procuring goods and services
Goods and services must be procured by the book if healthcare organisations are to avoid costly challenges. Hill Dickinson LLP partner Mark Fitzgibbon explains.
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CommentCompete or collaborate? The policy dysphoria facing NHS organisations
The buzzword in the NHS is collaboration, but with the Health Bill steeped in competition, despite significant amendments, realising integrated care still seems a long way away. It’s time to focus, says Professor Bob Hudson.
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NewsBan commissioners from setting minimum waiting times - CCP
The Cooperation and Competition Panel has told health secretary Andrew Lansley that commissioners should be banned from setting minimum waiting times for procedures.