Procurement law reforms mean awarding contracts isn’t necessarily simple. Jamie Foster, commercial lawyer at Hill Dickinson, explains the rules and how they might change
With the Health & Care Act, procurement legislation and the development of NHS England’s new Central Commercial Function, procurement in the NHS is set for big changes over the next two years.
Maija Banks explains the long road to develop the UK’s first artificial intelligence public procurement framework
Andrew Smith, Pillar Lead Research at CCS - Environment and Sustainability, reveals some of the ways the NHS can achieve sustainability
Lucy Flint outlines how Strategic Business Managers can really add value to a procurement agreement within the NHS
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust is one of the latest hospitals to benefit from NHS Supply Chain’s support for improvements in continence care
Emma Dunn looks at how trusts can increase their diagnostic capacity, replace old equipment and continue to make savings
Health Business has spoken to Stephanie Gibney, at NHS Supply Chain, about transparent dealing in healthcare
LPP's Laura Quirk outlines examples of how effective procurement and maximising purchasing power can produce significant savings across the NHS
The NHS Supply Chain discusses best practice for managing medical equipment in a financially constrained environment
Further, Faster is a new online resource which shares practical ways to overcome the difficulties faced by NHS organisations and small technology companies in working together.
Changing the way that the workforce is managed can help produce ‘significant savings’ for the NHS, an efficiency review of hospitals in England discovered. But are the savings achievable and when will they show? Health Business investigates
Streamlining the purchasing of basics and involving clinical staff in decision making all add up to a more efficient and cost-effective way of buying, writes David Pierpoint of the NHS Supply Chain
The NHS Supply Chain, the Royal College of Nursing and the Clinical Procurement Specialist Network have joined forces to give nursing staff a say in how trusts purchase and utilise key clinical supplies, using their knowledge and experience
The NHS Supply Chain’s Jennie Brice-Boutard examines how the Department for Health’s eProcurement Strategy will use technology to improve NHS procurement, deliver savings and increase transparency.
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