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| We have known this for years so why hasn’t NHS management ‘reformed’ its purchasing? |
| Lord Carter has worked with 22 leading hospitals to see how the NHS could save money by doing things more efficiently & spreading best practice. His report finds that the NHS could save up to £5bn every year by 2020 by making better use of staff, using medicines more effectively and getting better value from the huge number of products it buys. The PM has set out that the NHS must modernise and move to a 7-day service. The size of the NHS means that by doing several small things better, huge savings are possible to help achieve that aim. |
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DH: Hospital productivity report shows how NHS can make large savings NHS Confederation response to Lord Carter review on procurement CQC to act on recommendations of report into procurement NHS Confederation response on the recent announcement into assessing hospital efficiency Financing the promised £8bn by 2020 Monitor to undertake first investigation under NHS purchasing rules NICE launches new Framework Agreement for purchasing information resources |
