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Babylon’s Burning… the Story of the Failed “AI” Health App

WebThe Sunday Times has really got into its investigations recently, and after its excellent expose of the UK’s HS2 rail programme, last week it looked at another issue …

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Disqualifying Suppliers from Government Contracts

WebOne of the themes of the Bill is that it should be easier for the contracting authority (CA) to “bar” or disqualify suppliers from bidding altogether. That has been …

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Health Minister in Zimbabwe Arrested Over Alleged PPE …

WebAll over the world, medical staff have struggled to find enough PPE (personal protective equipment) to meet their needs and protect themselves in a time of pandemic. …

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The NHS gets "supplier" incentivisation all wrong

WebIn the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), the way “the centre” (usually the Department of Health or NHS England) incentivises hospitals and other Trusts that …

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What does NAO think about NHS Supply Chain

WebIn 2019, the Department of Health set Supply Chain a target to deliver £2.4 billion savings by 2023-24. SC told the NAO that it had exceeded its £2.4 billion savings target as of 2022 …

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Yet Again, a "Sophisticated" Fraud Hits the NHS

WebThe UK’s National Health Service has for years been a “good” source of Bad Buying fraud and corruption stories. There are several reasons for that. Firstly, it is huge …

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NHS Insourcing Contracts – Conflict of Interest alert..

WebIn another case, a Sheffield firm owned by three consultants (doctors) was sold to a private health provider for £13 million after winning a number of these …

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Procurement Fraud in the NHS

WebOne of the most annoying aspects of writing Bad Buying was reading dozens of fraud and corruption cases that came to court. Whilst the cases were often fascinating, …

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Theranos and FOMO as a Cause of Bad Buying

WebEarlier this month, Elizabeth Holmes went on trial in San Jose, California, accused of six counts of fraud. That relates to the blood-testing firm she founded and …

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Procurement Ethics – Dealing with Conflicts of Interest

WebConflict of interest is a key issue within the fight against procurement-related fraud and corruption. We want buyers and everyone involved in the process to select …

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Mone Moans, But Still PPE Questions to be Answered

WebOver the holiday period, we heard a lot more about the case of Medpro, the firm that is being taken to court by the UK’s Department of Health and Social Care over …

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NHS Procurement Platform – Was it Bought Properly

WebVia Crown Commercial Services, all trusts, integrated care boards and other NHS entities can now use a software platform provided by Atamis, with CCS funding that …

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UK National Audit Office Looks at PPE Again

WebThe second UK National Audit Office report on pandemic procurement was issued recently. Titled “The supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the …

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More on the NAO Pandemic Procurement Report – Failure in the …

WebThe NAO report on UK government procurement through the pandemic came out recently and we wrote about it here, focusing mainly on the PPE (personal …

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Incentivising Suppliers Properly Isn't Easy

WebHow do you go about incentivising suppliers within a contract to perform in the manner you REALLY want them to? The complications tend to come in contracts for …

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Why is the USA Running Out of Baby Formula Milk

WebQuite a few stories of procurement and supply chain failure we hear (and quite a few of those included in my Bad Buying book) have at least an element of …

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Satellite of Love

WebA ”Ministerial Direction” sounds like a very dry and boring aspect of civil service bureaucracy, but that is far from the case. It happens when a government …

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Track and Trace – Serco Won’t Tell Us Who Is Doing The Work

WebThe magazine has been trying to find out more about the “track and trace contract”, awarded to Serco. Private Eye has had Serco in its sights since the tagging …

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