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Joined December 2012
Wait. What. A tender for a new framework run by Kent County Council for ‘Funding Solutions’ for NHS kit (including critical capital equipment)? @HCSAprocurement find-tender.service.gov.uk/N…
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It’s not an accredited framework provider for the NHS (and, presumably, hasn’t applied to be one) and yet has boldly decided to launch a new £480 million framework. A ‘framework market’ is still thriving in the NHS.
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🔴 REVEALED: Palantir led closed-door review of how MoD buys software Review was presented to defence minister Luke Pollard by Palantir UK boss Louis Mosley in Feb and has mostly been implemented None of this was made public New investigation🧵 democracyforsale.substack.co…
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Replying to @LordPhilofBrum
@LordPhilofBrum has proposed a very timely amendment to the Health Bill, specifically, that the Secretary of State must produce an annual report to Parliament on progress made in the adoption [in England] of value-based procurement (VBP). @HCSAprocurement bills.parliament.uk/publicat…
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Full amendment on page 44
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We recently announced upcoming reports, including: - Procuring military drones - Resilience of hospitals to extreme heat Read more here: nao.org.uk/work-in-progress/
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Hey @sebcoe , I thought you said Kenya was making "good progress" in the fight against doping? The female marathon World Champion has just tested +ve for EPO. It cannot get worse than that. uk.news.yahoo.com/marathon-w…
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Well done on the wide shot. Looks like trump is waving at his friend the construction crane. That big, tall handsome construction crane. What a gorgeous ass that crane has. One biggy crane. Bigger than most. So tall.
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Woah! Go New Mexico. This is a really important message to Silicon Valley tech companies: you are not above the law
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🚨Don’t miss David Melbourne at the HCSA Annual Conference in Telford this November! Register here hcsaconference.co.uk/book-no… See full agenda here hcsaconference.co.uk/program… #HCSA26
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Care homes were an “afterthought” during the pandemic and government failures caused the virus to spread “like wildfire” among vulnerable and elderly people, the public inquiry has found theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
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Thames Water is due to run out of money (again) over the next few weeks. A year and a half ago it was given a £3 billion bailout now it's asking for another £2.4 billion. We really are being taken for mugs. theguardian.com/business/202…
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Last week the National Data Guardian wrote to health minister James Frith. The concern is that her advice rested on evidence materially weaker than the confidence of her recommendations suggested.
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I'll be honest Liam, your tweet raises more questions than it answers
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