All Procurement articles – Page 44
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HSJ Local
CCGs launch one-year community services tender
COMMERCIAL: A pair of clinical commissioning groups in the east of England have decided to retender their community services for only one year.
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News
Exclusive: Service hit by staff 'exodus' after CCG transfers contract to Circle
One of the biggest teaching trusts in England has been forced to axe its once renowned acute dermatology service following an “exodus” of medical consultants following the transfer of their contract to private provider Circle.
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News
Carter's procurement review to scrutinise temporary staff costs
A government backed review of NHS procurement has been expanded to examine the “concerning” rise in temporary staff bills, its head has revealed to HSJ.
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HSJ Partners
Complete our short survey on NHS purchasing
The NHS is facing its biggest financial squeeze in its history over the coming years. It is constantly looking to be more efficient and make savings, but what does procurement look like and how it could be improved?
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Supplements
Clinical engagement roundtable: Take the doctors shopping
What role should clinicians have in procurement?
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HSJ Knowledge
Bristol takes a modern approach to commissioning mental health services
The CCG has overhauled the commissioning process
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HSJ Local
First of new NHS 111 contracts awarded
COMMERCIAL: South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has been left “deeply disappointed” after losing out on the contract to provide an integrated NHS 111 and GP out of hours service in Somerset.
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News
Exclusive: Multinational arms firm among those interested in £1bn NHS tender
Multinational companies including G4S and arms manufacturer Lockheed Martin are among those that have expressed interest in a £1bn contract to run GP support services outsourced by NHS England, HSJ has learned.
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News
Staffordshire CCG to hand £280m contract to private sector
Two private firms have been shortlisted for a £280m ‘prime provider’ contract in East Staffordshire in a competition that has seen all NHS bidders squeezed out of the race.
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HSJ Partners
Planning for GS1: watch the e-procurement awareness webinar
Helping trusts to adopt a new e-procurement plan
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HSJ Local
NEW Devon presses ahead with procurement plans
COMMERCIAL: A South West clinical commissioning group has agreed to award community services contracts worth more than £90m without going out to tender.
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News
NHS England plans specialist radiotherapy overhaul
An overhaul of specialist radiotherapy nationwide could see the number of sites commissioned by NHS England reduced as the body seeks to improve efficiency and access
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News
Revealed: Bidders for £1.2bn cancer and end of life care contracts
The NHS and independent sector organisations which have reached the next stage of bidding for two huge contracts to run cancer and end of life care services in Staffordshire have been revealed
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HSJ Local
Controversial MSK contract award to be checked
FINANCE: A controversial £235m musculoskeletal contract awarded to private provider Bupa as part of a joint venture is to be independently scrutinised following concerns from Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Knowledge
The 10 steps to make technology work in local healthcare
Technology itself isn’t an elixir for health and social care
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Supplements
Tesco tactics: why the NHS needs to bump procurement up the priorities list
A recent HSJ workshop explored how better procurement can add value
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News
Exclusive: Health ombudsman was investigated over contract 'failings'
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman was subject to a National Audit Office investigation this year after it awarded a former business partner of ombudsman Dame Julie Mellor a six figure contract, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
Cambridgeshire trust could see workforce shrink 40 per cent
Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust looks set to lose four in 10 of its workforce after a rival NHS led consortium secured preferred bidder status for an £800m older people’s service contract.
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News
Croydon CCG creates £1.7bn plan for health and social care services
Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group has joined forces with its local authority to create a £1.7bn plan to change the way health and social care services for over 65-year-olds are commissioned.
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HSJ Local
Cornwall GPs look to out of hours to protect future
COMMERCIAL: GPs in Cornwall have been urged to take back control of out of hours services to preserve the future of general practice in the county, HSJ has learned.