Making choice work well in NHS adult hearing services: resources for commissioners

"Information and resources to help commissioners of NHS audiology services implement choice that works well for patients."

Making choice work well in NHS adult hearing services: resources for commissioners
Monitor
November 2015

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Supply chain management and collaboration: cardiology device procurement

"This initiative helps organisations within a large geographical area (in this case the South West) to smooth price differentials while maintaining choice for clinicians and focusing strongly on quality. This case study describes a collaborative approach across 10 interested NHS acute trusts in the region for procuring cardiology products."

Supply chain management and collaboration: cardiology device procurement
Avon,Gloucestershire,Wiltshire, and Somerset Cardiac & Stroke Network
NICE Quality and Productivity case study

November 2015

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Using data and analytics to transform patient care

"Data-driven decision making has improved patient outcomes in Intermountain's cardiovascular medicine, endocrinology, surgery, obstetrics and care processes — while saving millions of dollars in procurement and in its the supply chain." 

How Intermountain Healthcare is using data and analytics to transform patient care
M Fitzgerald
MITSloan Management Review
June 2015

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Towards a framework for enhancing procurement and supply chain management practice in the NHS

"Those doing procurement in Clinical Commissioning Groups and NHS hospitals need to gain a greater understanding of how this activity is done in commercial settings to improve their skills in the NHS. This study reviews research that has been done in this area already, presents an overview of it and uses it to suggest ways that clinicians and managers in the NHS can carry out their procurement role better."

Towards a framework for enhancing procurement and supply chain management practice in the NHS: lessons for managers and clinicians from a synthesis of the theoretical and empirical literature

J Sanderson , C Lonsdale , R Mannion , T Matharu 

Health Service Delivery & Resesearch 2015;3(18)

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Competition and privatisation in the NHS

"In this briefing we consider seven key questions relating to the role of competition and the role of non-NHS providers within the NHS."

Evolution, revolution or confusion? Competition and privatisation in the NHS
E Spencelayh
The Health Foundation
March 2015

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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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Commissioning Support Lead Provider Framework

"NHS England has developed a new framework agreement for commissioning support services – the Lead Provider Framework (LPF). It enables Clinical Commissioning Groups(CCGs), NHS England and other customers to source some or all of their commissioning support needs"

Commissioning Support Lead Provider Framework
NHS England

Find out more and access the framework here.

Standards for food and drink in NHS hospitals

"The Panel recommends that all NHS hospitals should develop and maintain a food and 
drink strategy. This should include: 

• the nutrition and hydration needs of patients 
• healthier eating for the whole hospital community, especially staff 
• sustainable procurement of food and catering services" 

The Hospital Food Standards Panel’s report on standards for food and drink in NHS hospitals
Department of Health, Age UK
August 2014

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NHS Atlas of Variation: Procurement

The NHS Atlas of Variation for procurement shows how much hospitals are paying for items such as gloves, dressings, aprons and other everyday basics. The data can be used to compare and highlight where Trusts may be paying too much, and help them to make cost savings.

Access the Atlas here.

NHS 111 Commissioning Standards

"This document sets out the Commissioning Standards for the NHS 111 service in England which has been jointly developed between CCGs and NHS England." 

NHS 111 Commissioning Standards
NHS England
June 2014

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The power of partnership: how to seize the potential

"This report aims to promote the use of partnership arrangements and to offer practical advice and useful case studies of partnership working."

The power of partnership: how to seize the potential: A practical guide to forming and maintaining cross-sector partnerships in healthcare
November 2013
Sodexo

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Methods for setting prices at national and local levels

"Our research highlights some of the challenges that commissioners face in agreeing local contracts that deliver the best outcomes for patients."

Local price setting and contracting practices for NHS services without a nationally mandated price: A research paper
Monitor
September 2013

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Better procurement, better value, better care

"There is too much variation across the NHS - far too many examples of different solutions to the same problem and wildly different prices being paid for the same product."

Better procurement, better value, better care: a procurement development programme for the NHS
Department of Health
August 2013

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Better procurement, better value, better care

"The more transparent we can make procurement performance, the more it will drive behaviours to improve."

Better procurement, better value, better care: a procurement development programme for the NHS
Department of Health, NHS England
August 2013

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Hypothetical case scenarios - procurement, patient choice and competition regulations

"These case scenarios are not intended to address all of the issues that might arise under the Regulations, but to highlight some of the core issues that each of the scenarios appear to raise and the key factors that are likely to be relevant to the question of whether or not the conduct is consistent with the Regulations."

Hypothetical case scenarios - procurement, patient choice and competition regulations
Monitor
May 2013

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NHS procurement, patient choice and competition

"This briefing has been produced for peers ahead of a debate that is taking place in the House of Lords on Wed 24 April, following a motion by Lord Hunt of King's Heath to annul the revised regulations. It may also be of interest to other individuals interested and engaged in discussions surrounding the implementation of the Health and Social Care Act."

Parliamentary Briefing: NHS procurement, patient choice and competition: response to draft regulations
Nuffield Trust
April 2013

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Procurement of healthcare (clinical) services: briefings for CCGs

The NHS Commissioning Board Authority has developed a series of procurement briefings for CCGs that summarise the key elements of legislation and guidance currently governing NHS procurement of healthcare services. Click here to access the briefing papers.

Procurement matters: a best practice procurement diagnostic

"Our Diagnostic Tool will help you to assess how effective your procurement practices are at present, and show how you can become more efficient."

Procurement matters: a best practice procurement diagnostic
Department of Health
February 2011

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