All Procurement articles – Page 20
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NewsDirector roles advertised for England’s first ‘integrated care provider’
Director roles for the NHS’ first integrated care provider have been advertised ahead of its launch later this year.
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HSJ LocalPrivate provider takes CCGs to court over contract decision
Five clinical commissioning groups have been accused of acting unlawfully in their decision to award a contract for community diagnostic services to a new private provider last year.
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NewsEfficiency scheme chief to stay on for 18 months
The chief executive of a flagship efficiency scheme will stay on until at least the end of September 2021, HSJ has learned.
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CommentUnlocking the potential within the NHS as an anchor institution
We need further action research to identify the practical mechanisms that NHS institutions could adopt here and now to drive forward progressive change, writes Tom Lloyd Goodwin
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NewsChildren feared ‘lost to the system’ by failing service
Parents fear their children have been “lost to the system” because of problems with staffing and assessment delays in a failing service.
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NewsNHS England targets digitisation of millions of GP records
NHS England is hoping to create a nationalised approach to the digitisation of “vital” decades-old medical records, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTrusts told not to stockpile amid coronavirus supply fears
The Department of Health and Social Care has told trusts not to stockpile products, amid growing concern over the impact of novel coronavirus on medical supplies.
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NewsNHSE appoints chief commercial officer after 14-month search
NHS England/Improvement has made its interim chief commercial officer permanent after a 14-month search.
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NewsNHS England hires panel to set ‘net zero carbon’ date
An expert panel will this year set “a practical, evidence-based and ambitious date for the NHS to reach net zero” carbon dioxide emissions, NHS England has announced.
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NewsPreferred bidder announced for £2.25bn contract
An incumbent pathology provider looks set to lose its bid to retain a contract worth £2.25bn over 15 years.
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News‘Amazon-style’ procurement system launches after three-year delay
An “Amazon-like” procurement platform has launched in a handful of trusts after almost three years of delays.
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NewsEfficiency body considers rebates for some trusts
Trusts procuring goods through third parties may soon be eligible for a rebate from a national efficiency body.
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NewsICS cracks down on use of 2m pieces of plastic cutlery
An integrated care system is aiming to cut its use of plastic cutlery, gloves and gowns as part of wide-ranging environmental sustainability plans, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalSTP’s acute trusts split over major IT investment
Two of a sustainability and transformation partnership’s four acute trusts are yet to commit to rolling out a shared electronic record system, despite being asked to by NHS Improvement.
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NewsData on trusts' procurement savings delayed
Trusts may not know how much they are saving through a national efficiency project until at least April 2020, HSJ has learned.
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NewsGovernment called on to stop ‘unsustainable’ £10m contracting process
Dentists have called on the government to halt an “unsustainable” contracting process they estimate has racked up more than £10m in tendering costs.
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National efficiency scheme costing ‘an arm and a leg’, say trusts
Trust procurement leads have expressed serious concern over savings reports provided by a flagship efficiency model, with one saying the scheme was “costing [them] an arm and a leg”.
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HSJ LocalFT drops ‘better value for money’ IT system in £400m deal
A large NHS trust has chosen US firm Epic as its preferred bidder for an electronic patient record, despite previously suggesting a different option would give “better value for money”.
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NewsSafety alert after patient deaths from ingesting cleaning gels
A national patient safety alert has instructed NHS services to either ban or restrict the use of polymer gels after three patients died ingesting the products.
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HSJ LocalCCG hits back at contractor’s ‘wholly incorrect’ bullying claim
A clinical commissioning group has called bullying allegations from one of its contractors “wholly incorrect” — and pointed out they were made after the possibility of a performance warning was raised.