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Health legal update - April 2013

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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April 3 2013

This April edition of the Health Legal Update heralds the dawn of a new day with the new structures under the Health & Social Care Act in operation

Regulations to govern procurement, patient choice and competition published

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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February 22 2013

New regulations governing the commissioning of health services will come into force on 1 April 2013. The NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and

Office of Fair Trading (OFT) warns hospitals over price fixing

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 15 2012

Eight NHS hospital trusts have given voluntary assurances to the OFT that they will stop exchanging commercially sensitive information regarding the treatment charges at their private patient units

Securing best value for NHS patients: DH consultation

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 17 2012

The Health and Social Care Act 2012 enables the Secretary of State to pass regulations ie, legislation regarding the procurement of clinical services

Competition Commission issues statement on private healthcare market

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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August 7 2012

On 22 June 2012, the UK Competition Commission (CC) published its issues statement as part of its market investigation into the private healthcare market

Co-operation and Competition Panel believes mega merger is not in the interest of patients

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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January 3 2012

The Co-operation and Competition Panel (CCP) has also concluded that the mega-merger of Barts, Whipps Cross and Newham, which would have created the country’s largest trust, would not be in the interest of patients and taxpayers, because of the reduced choice available to patients

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) refers private healthcare market to Competition Commission

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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January 3 2012

The OFT has provisionally decided to refer the market for privately funded healthcare services in the UK to the Competition Commission for further investigation

Government responds to Co-operation and Competition Panel’s report on patient choice in the NHS

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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December 13 2011

In July 2011 the Co-operation and Competition Panel (CCP) reported on the implementation of patient choice of any willing (now qualified) provider in elective services and made nine recommendations

Competition amendments to the Health and Social Care Bill

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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April 14 2011

Competition is proving to be the most controversial topic in relation to the NHS reforms

Co-operation and Competition Panel takes on its first conduct complaint against a provider

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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March 15 2011

A complaint has been made to the Co-operation and Competition Panel (CCP) by Midlands Psychology (MP), alleging that South Staffordshire and Shropshire NHS Foundation Trust (SSSFT) has acted inconsistently with the Principles and Rules for Co-operation and Competition (PRCC