Author Archives: Ravi Kumar

After 14 months of extensive debate and more than 1,000 amendments, The Health and Social Care Bill will soon become the law. This law is expected to ‘Liberate the NHS’ and will give rise to a new NHS structure. Despite … finish reading Road ahead for the ‘Liberated NHS’

About a year ago, our government unveiled plans to radically shake up the NHS and proposed a pro-market reform agenda. This pro-market radical reform was meant to shake up the hospital network, private health providers and family doctors. By doing … finish reading NHS reforms: where are we one year on?

At first, I was not sure how to react when I learnt from the news coverage that the long running ASCC procurement for the child health and community systems has now officially stopped. The reason given was ‘supplier’s failure to … finish reading Isn’t it the time Department of Health clarified the procurement strategy?

It was interesting to see the announcement last week about the new work to be carried out by the NHS Future Forum, particularly around its role in the development of the Information Strategy. The NHS Future Forum, a group of … finish reading Future Forum carries out NEW work on information

Last week the NHS listening exercise drew to a close after almost two months of attempting to engage with healthcare professionals and patient groups over the latest round of NHS reforms. With more than 15,000 website responses and 720 letters … finish reading Exercising the suppliers’ view