Hospitals in turmoil as deal collapses
3 April 2012
A multi-million pound deal to maintain vital hospital equipment has been thrown into chaos after the breakdown of talks over a national contract.
Hospital trusts have been given just weeks to do their own deals after the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (Pasa) failed to reach an agreement with US-based multinational General Electric Medical Systems over the renewal of a five-year contract.
The contract was due for renewal on 1 April, but NHS supply managers told SM they were either in the early stages of...