
Sometimes we get a "comment" on a post that is so interesting, we want to run it as a full article on the basis that […]
Sometimes we get a "comment" on a post that is so interesting, we want to run it as a full article on the basis that […]
The county of Surrey is gaining an unwanted reputation for screwing up NHS commissioning-type procurement exercises. After Virgin won £2 million in damages last year, […]
In part 1 and part 2 we looked at the way the NHS is trying to move from a commissioning model for service provision to […]
In part 1, we talked about how the NHS is looking to move from an approach to service delivery based on competition and contracts to […]
Back in November at the HCSA (Healthcare Supplies Association) conference, I covered many major issues relevant to NHS procurement. Probably the most important in many […]
Public Spend Forum Europe is dedicated to European public sector procurement, and aims to be a global community and knowledge network for public procurement and the public […]
The UK's National Health Service (NHS) is facing probably its greatest challenge ever. The finances of the system are at breaking point, achievement of targets […]
The Centre for Health and the Public Interest (CHPI) is an independent think tank committed to health and social care policies based on accountability and […]
We featured the collection of Dave Orr’s pieces on Southwest One the other day, but we also had an email from him last week around […]
So, through part 1 and 2 of this series (see here and here, and do look at all the really insightful comments we’ve had from […]
In our first piece here on this topic we showed that the core processes of commissioning and procurement are very similar. (By the way, thanks […]
This week we’re going to stop going on about central government procurement and the arguments around centralisation. Instead we'll look at an issue is arguably […]