All Procurement articles – Page 43
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Supplements
Delivering value supplement: Get hip, pay less
It has been shown that better procurement could quickly release millions of pounds to an NHS organisation. Why is it still underexploited? Jennifer Trueland reports, in association with Inverto
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HSJ Local
Controversial MSK contract could stay with current providers, CCG says
STRUCTURE: Commissioners in West Sussex will begin discussions with local providers to continue delivering musculoskeletal services after the preferred bidder pulled out of the contract.
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Supplements
Delivering value supplement: New ways to manage diabetes care
A shot in the arm for diabetes care management
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HSJ Local
CCG 'rewinds' tender process after legal threat
A London clinical commissioning group has decided to retender its integrated urgent care and out of hours services contract after it was threatened with a legal challenge from an unsuccessful bidder.
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HSJ Local
Dermatology procurement delayed after preferred bidder pulls out
STRUCTURE: The procurement of a new dermatology service in Brighton has been delayed because the preferred bidder has pulled out after it was unable to reach agreement with organisations it wanted to subcontract work from.
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News
Exclusive: 'Monopoly' fears over £350m scans contract
The decision to award a 10 year contract covering more than half of England’s PET-CT imaging service to a single company has created a ‘monopoly’ that could damage NHS interests, HSJ has been told.
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News
Revealed: winners and losers of CCG support framework
Nearly 50 clinical commissioning groups will have to decide over the next month how they will access essential support services after NHS England decided their existing providers had no future.
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HSJ Local
Judicial review launched over integrated care contract award
COMMERCIAL: A south London clinical commissioning group’s attempt to contract a new integrated GP out of hours and urgent care service has been left in limbo after a losing bidder initiated judicial review proceedings against the decision.
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News
Exclusive: Jobs at risk as NHS England rejects two CSU bids
Two commissioning support units have not made it on to NHS England’s procurement framework, placing their viability and the futures of around 2,200 staff in doubt, HSJ has learned
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News
Bupa and CSH Surrey pull out of £235m MSK contract
Private provider Bupa and social enterprise CSH Surrey have pulled out of a £235m contract to run musculoskeletal services in West Sussex.
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HSJ Local
Updated: Competition regulator to probe NEW Devon £100m contract award
COMMERCIAL: Competition regulator Monitor has opened an investigation into a Devon clinical commissioning group’s plan to award a community services contract without a tender, a decision one trust has called “wrong” for patients.
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News
Circle to challenge 'inadequate' Hinchingbrooke rating
Circle is to challenge the ‘inadequate’ rating Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust was given by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ Local
NHS consortium challenges NHS England £80m contract decision
A consortium of NHS trusts have lodged a formal challenge against NHS England following its decision to hand a 10 year, £80m contract for PET CT scanning to a private company.
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HSJ Local
Peterborough and Stamford franchise decision delayed
STRUCTURE: A hospital chief executive has confirmed that the decision to have his trust taken over by a Hinchingbrooke style private management franchise will be deferred until after the general election.
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News
Exclusive: Bidders shortlisted for £1bn primary care support contract
Three bidders have been shortlisted for a £1bn, 10 year contract to provide critical primary care support services, NHS England has confirmed.
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News
Exclusive: 'Deeply troubling' emails sent from Healthwatch England to CQC during tender
The chief executive of Healthwatch England emailed the Care Quality Commission during a live tender, enquiring whether the regulator’s procurement process could be flexed to help local Healthwatch bidders, HSJ has learned.
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News
Exclusive: Ombudsman cleared of wrongdoing despite weaknesses
The Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman has been criticised over its handling of four contracts worth more than £1m by the National Audit Office, but ombudsman Dame Julie Mellor was cleared of wrongdoing.
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HSJ Local
North Somerset shortlists bidders for community services contract
COMMERCIAL: Three organisations have been shortlisted for a contract to provide community services in North Somerset.
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Supplements
Mental health supplement: ‘The rooms are part of the therapy’
Designing a future proof mental health hospital room
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