POSTED BY JENNY BERESFORD-JONES | 30 JULY 2013 Cabinet Office Policy Note on the new EU Directives The PPN contains a very helpful Annex A which sets out all the key changes that the new Directives will bring for example (and non-exhaustively)... Read more Share this article
28 JULY 2013 Complying with the NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 Overall the commissioners we spoke to felt that the draft guidance left them with a lack of certainty and did not make them feel more able to comply with the regulations... Share this article
POSTED BY JENNY BERESFORD-JONES | 28 JULY 2013 A gritty tale In the recent case of Nationwide Gritting Services Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2013], the Scottish court had to consider whether a claim was out of time or not. Share this article
28 JULY 2013 Are NHS Reforms - Flat-Lining? The report contains some interesting statistics to show amongst others that there has been no change in spending on general and acute hospital services despite commitments to shift care from hospitals to the community. Share this article
28 JULY 2013 ICSA consults on its new draft code of governance for CCGs The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) has recently published its draft code of governance for CCGs (Draft guidance) and is seeking responses to a consultation exercise by tomorrow Friday 26 July... Share this article
POSTED BY HELEN PRANDY | 24 JULY 2013 A disclosure too far The decision shows that while the court is mindful of the need to be fair and to give the Claimant access to documents which are necessary to establish its claim it will only make early orders on disclosure where the documents sought are necessary... Share this article
POSTED BY HELEN PRANDY | 24 JULY 2013 The limitations of acting quickly All procurement practitioners know that you only have 30 days from the date of knowledge of a potential breach to bring a claim under the Public Contract Regulations (the Regulations) and now also for judicial review. Share this article
POSTED BY TANIA RICHARDS | 21 JULY 2013 Monitor's final report on the Cornwall competition complaint The health sector regulator upheld its initial findings that Cornwall PCT should have been more transparent in its commissioning of learning disability and mental health services. Share this article
21 JULY 2013 Patient Empowerment - the rise of the budget After a reportedly successful pilot programme, from April 2014, people eligible for NHS continuing healthcare (CHC) across England will have the right to ask for a personal health budget (PHB)... Share this article
POSTED BY JENNY BERESFORD-JONES | 17 JULY 2013 European Parliament set to vote on new procurement Directives in October The new legislative package has been slowly winding its way through the European legislative machine for some time, but we are now entering the closing stages... Share this article
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