The Lifecycle Briefing is a monthly update on the news our Lifecyclers have been reading recently. In case you missed some of the big stories, here is a selection of the most interesting things we found on the web last month.
NHS trusts are ‘notoriously bad’ at managing their contracts with suppliers, according to a former Department of Health and Social Care official who is now setting up a large-scale procurement team.
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Rising costs of living severely affect the NHS and the health sector, but can efficient capital funding mitigate soaring inflation?
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A new digital report from NHS England explores building a commercial community through the NHS Central Commercial Function.
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It is a couple of years since the UK government announced that for major central government contracts, firms bidding would have to produce a carbon net zero plan and data showing current emissions. Now the NHS has followed the lead and mimicked the same policy.
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The Department of Health & Social Care has set out its Medical Technology Strategy.
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