Procurement and competition rules: Can the NHS be exempted?

"There is a growing sense within the NHS that the current procurement and competition rules present a major barrier to the new models set out in the NHS five year forward view."

Procurement and competition rules: Can the NHS be exempted?
B Collins
The King's Fund
March 2015

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2012-13 update on indicators of financial sustainability in the NHS

"This update focuses on the financial sustainability of the NHS trusts and foundation trusts that provide community, secondary and tertiary health services, and on the primary care trusts that commissioned those services up to the end of 2012-13."

2012-13 update on indicators of financial sustainability in the NHS
National Audit Office, Department of Health
July 2013

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Anatomy of health spending 2011/12

"This report presents findings of new analysis of the financial performance of the NHS in England and the Department of Health between 2003/04 and 2011/12. It examines recent changes in the labour productivity of acute hospitals (both NHS and foundation trusts), identifies the factors associated with variations in labour productivity and develops a new measure of labour productivity."

The anatomy of health spending 2011/12
NM Jones, A Charlesworth
Nuffield Trust
March 2013

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Securing the future financial sustainability of the NHS

"This report looks at the financial sustainability of NHS commissioners, and the NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts that provide community, secondary and tertiary health care services."

Securing the future financial sustainability of the NHS
National Audit Office, Department of Health
July 2012

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