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Pathology PaRtNERS King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust needed to stay right at the forefront of pathology provision – and decided an outsourcing partnership was the way to go... Mark Crichard, DLA Piper Mark Crichard is a senior partner in DLA Piper’s London technology and sourcing team. He specialises in outsourcing and commercial IT contracts. I 68 ● n 2008 the Government commissioned a review, by Lord Carter of Coles, into the future provision of pathology services in the NHS - a sector that currently employs about 25,000 people. The report focused on, and made a number of recommendations for, improving the quality of patient care, improving efficiency and identifying the potential mechanisms for delivering change, which included outsourcing. The deal In response to the recommendations of Lord Carter’s Report, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (“King’s”) decided that it needed to look for a strategic partnership or joint venture to help it stay at the forefront of pathology provision. King’s appointed DLA Piper, one of the leading public sector outsourcing law firms, to advise it on the legal aspects of the deal. As a key component of any strategic partnership would probably involve the outsourcing of all or part of King’s existing pathology operations, the project was initiated (in the early part of Consendre mod eugait alit luptati sisisisit augait num iusti facidunt ipsumsan el surgery under correct aseptic conditions in King’s elit In 1877, antiseptic surgery pioneer Joseph Lister performed the first elective eraestrud exerat ad onulla cor ing eumsandre ex atetue tet ulla feu feum niamconEm ea commodiamCollege Hospital.Utat lum quisim et, quissi.Volobore m iurero dolobore. ad tem dolortio ● www.outsourcemagazine.co.uk  http://www.outsourcemagazine.co.uk

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Outsource Issue 22

Outsource Issue 22
Table of Contents
Shutting the Door?
Q&A: Deborah Kops
Colombia
LPO
Editorial Board Roundtable
Head-to-Head
HR Trends
Long Live AMS!
The Provider Perspective
Platforms Make Sense in the Cloud!
NOA Pathway
Case Study: King’s College Hospital
Egypt
Silver Lining
Roundtable Write-Up
Case Study: Nokia & Hyphen
Alan Leaman
Leah Cooper
Kay Formanek
Paul Awcock
News & Comment
The Legal View
NOA Roundup
Online Roundup
Letter to the CEO
Letters to the Editor
Sourcebites
Inside Source
The Last Word

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