Health Service Journal
Independent providers
Stories with this category.
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NHS austerity drives income fall for private mental health hospitals
18-Jan-2013
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Where next for independent treatment centres?
18-Jan-2013
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MP sticks up for Virgin contract in Surrey
17-Jan-2013
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Kent and Medway pens patient transport contract
16-Jan-2013
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The building blocks for integrated care
9-Jan-2013
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Interserve acquires healthcare business for £26.5m
18-Dec-2012
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Second trust given permission to tender for a private management franchise
13-Dec-2012
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Hunt: I'm open to NHS or private sector solutions
12-Dec-2012
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Readers' letters - 6 December 2012
5-Dec-2012
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Circle chief executive Ali Parsa steps down
4-Dec-2012
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Brighton signs contract with Sodexo
28-Nov-2012
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Serco plans to cut 137 community posts in Suffolk
21-Nov-2012
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How treatment centres have driven competition
21-Nov-2012
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Report reveals private care switch
19-Nov-2012
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Protecting the NHS brand or devaluing it?
15-Nov-2012
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How do we define fair in commissioning?
9-Nov-2012
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Commissioners admit outsourcing advert error
7-Nov-2012
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Four-fold regional variation in use of private sector providers
7-Nov-2012
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Updated: Care UK buys Harmoni
6-Nov-2012
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Private providers see 11 per cent growth in NHS elective work
1-Nov-2012
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Bristol DVT contract extended
25-Oct-2012
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Ruling in PCT's favour in Dorset AQP row
23-Oct-2012
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Devon Virgin contract 'tainted by illegality'
19-Oct-2012
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Is choice a blight or a boon for patient care?
18 October 2012
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Readers' letters - 18 October 2012
18 October 2012
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New AQP providers get go-ahead for CBT in Kent
17-Oct-2012
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Virgin community services begin in Sussex
17-Oct-2012
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Easton’s move stokes debate on private sector’s value to NHS
16-Oct-2012
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NHS Gloucestershire prepares for decision on community services
10-Oct-2012
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Outsourcer enters healthcare market
9-Oct-2012
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Bournemouth healthcheck deal breaches data protection act
5-Oct-2012
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Legal challenge to Virgin's children's services contract
4-Oct-2012
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Private acute admissions hit record level
4-Oct-2012
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Serco questions 'bullish' forecasts for community services growth
3-Oct-2012
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DH abandons plan to stop 'cherry picking' through tariff change
2-Oct-2012
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Analysed: the future of South London Healthcare Trust
1-Oct-2012
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Huge variation in CCG staff numbers
27 September 2012
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Virgin Care wins medical centre contract
26-Sep-2012
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CQC warns of independent sector failings
26-Sep-2012
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Hinchingbrooke falls again in patient satisfaction rankings
25-Sep-2012
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CQC's 'hands are tied' on enforcement action
24-Sep-2012
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Serco admits staff falsified records
21-Sep-2012
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Struggling FTs may face insolvency regime in 2013-14 - Hay
7-Sep-2012
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Care UK contract sparks protests
6-Sep-2012
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OFT invites comment on proposed private cancer unit at Guy's and St Thomas'
24-Aug-2012
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East Sussex on list of potential targets for Circle
23-Aug-2012
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MTW on Circle’s list of ‘growth opportunities’
23-Aug-2012
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Exclusive: NHS or private expressions of interest sought to run 'failing' trust
23-Aug-2012
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NHS on course to lose pensions advantage
22-Aug-2012
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Private providers in NHS 'likely' to escape toughest regulatory controls
20-Aug-2012
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Nursing posts under threat at Hinchingbrooke
14-Aug-2012
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FTs with heavy PFI burdens could face ratings downgrade
7-Aug-2012
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Warrington and Halton Hospitals takes over former ISTC
6-Aug-2012
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Loss-making Hinchingbrooke may require loan
2-Aug-2012
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Monitor drops controversial credit rating plan
31-Jul-2012
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Caution urged on referrals to private centre
30-Jul-2012
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Analysed: the future of Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust
24-Jul-2012
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Upgrade for independent Worcestershire MRI scanner
24-Jul-2012
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Why top-up fees are not the answer
23-Jul-2012
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North Bristol outsources work to bring waiting list under control
20-Jul-2012
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Time has 'run out' for Clinicenta, MP warns
20-Jul-2012
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Helping the NHS plan for positive patient experience
19 July 2012
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Noel Plumridge: when risk assessment goes awry
19-Jul-2012
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'Poor patient experience is a clinical time bomb'
19-Jul-2012
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Private provider to deal with Gloucestershire Hospitals test backlog
18-Jul-2012
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Serco out-of-hours service failing four CQC standards
18-Jul-2012
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Can outsourcing outpatient dispensing play a role in delivering QIPP?
16-Jul-2012
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Virgin set to run children's services in Devon
12-Jul-2012
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Stability trumps choice in the birth of commissioning support
11-Jul-2012
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NHS Propco could 'destabilise' local health economies, social enterprises warn
9-Jul-2012
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Private MH hospitals facing tighter margins
5 July 2012
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CQC finds serious failings at independent hospital
28-Jun-2012
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Mutuals should be 'mainstream' service option
25-Jun-2012
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Health insurer Benenden makes bid for NHS co-payment role
21-Jun-2012
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NHS has to change attitude to private sector - Carruthers
21-Jun-2012
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Milburn: 'tragedy' reform policies making enemy of private sector
20-Jun-2012
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Hospital trust asks DH to back franchise proposals
20-Jun-2012
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Trusts need to face up to the reality of mergers
14-Jun-2012
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How the government can promote the value of social enterprise
14 June 2012
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Sussex neuro centre gains charity accreditation
14-Jun-2012
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Exclusive: Monitor to launch major review of barriers to NHS competition
13-Jun-2012
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Legal right to choice would give providers 'confidence', says Cabinet Office
13-Jun-2012
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Suffolk OOH services rated 'good'
1-Jun-2012
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Suffolk services set to transfer to Serco in Oct
1-Jun-2012
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Michael White: Burns resumes battle with NHS procurement
31-May-2012
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Lawyers warn largest foundation trust it could face German tax bill
31-May-2012
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Noel Plumridge: levelling the provider playing field
31-May-2012
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Circle asks investors for £46m to support NHS expansion plans
30-May-2012
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Social enterprises face losing core contracts
30-May-2012
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Public pressure led to PCT inspection, MP claims
28-May-2012
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DH unveils plans for increased competition in diagnostics and mental health
24-May-2012
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Plan to double radiotherapy service in Sussex
23-May-2012
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We should expect more questions than answers from good leaders
23-May-2012
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Expand independent sector provision, says 'most powerful' hospital chief
23-May-2012
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New infection threats emerging to replace MRSA and C difficile
23-May-2012
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RCN chief 'fears' for commissioners negotiating with private sector
14-May-2012
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NHS Hillingdon awards NHS 111 pilot contract to Harmoni
11-May-2012
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David Worskett: implementing reforms requires collaborative open minds
10-May-2012
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Harmoni wins £8m out-of-hours and NHS 111 contract
9-May-2012
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Monitor admits credit ratings agency plan may not be feasible
9-May-2012
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Exclusive: Circle deal means Hinchingbrooke needs over £70m to clear debts
3-May-2012
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Franchise deal could deter NHS bidder from hospital partnership
2-May-2012
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Private sector avoiding 'shambolic' NHS 111 procurement
2-May-2012
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Private hospital operators begin merger talks
1-May-2012
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Civil service pensions provider becomes first Whitehall mutual
30-Apr-2012
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Spire to manage trust's private patient unit
26-Apr-2012
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NHS Direct staff uncertain over future as 111 deals pick up pace
25-Apr-2012
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GE Capital to finance equipment at new Kent hospital
19-Apr-2012
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NHS private patient units let down by 'customer service'
19-Apr-2012
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How better procurement can deliver financial benefits
19-Apr-2012
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The dos and don'ts of contract management
19-Apr-2012
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Private healthcare market referred to Competition Commission
5-Apr-2012
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Paul Zollinger-Read to join Bupa
3-Apr-2012
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Virgin community services deal confirmed
1-Apr-2012
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UPDATED: Staff keep NHS pensions as Virgin's Surrey deal goes through
30-Mar-2012
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Response to PiP scare was 'inadequate', say MPs
28-Mar-2012
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Analysed: procurement of non-acute services in Bristol and Gloucestershire
27-Mar-2012
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Social enterprise chair named best in sector
26-Mar-2012
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Serco named as preferred bidder for East Kent deal
15-Mar-2012
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Virgin and Serco on shortlist for Devon children's services
15-Mar-2012
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PCTs must not focus on ‘fantastic’ pasts
14-Mar-2012
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Hinchingbrooke 'welcomes' new chief exec
13-Mar-2012
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Care record deal could save DH hundreds of millions
7-Mar-2012
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Southern Health plans out of hours bid
5-Mar-2012
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Exclusive: East Midlands hires big commercial name to develop commissioning
2-Mar-2012
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Private heart clinic refers FT to competition panel
1-Mar-2012
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Suitors begin circling for George Eliot deal
1 March 2012
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Virgin rebrand for care provider Assura Medical
1 March 2012
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Lords win tweaks to Health Bill on competition
28-Feb-2012
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Michael White: DH tax revelations dash hopes for private and public harmony
23-Feb-2012
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US private health firm cuts UK executive team
23-Feb-2012
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Exclusive: Most troubled trust could be allowed to go bankrupt
21-Feb-2012
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'This business model lets us focus on quality services and safe staff'
20-Feb-2012
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Private sector competition 'leaves NHS with more costly patients'
20-Feb-2012
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Commissioning support services to get private sector guidance
15-Feb-2012
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Trust backtracks on umbilical blood collections
15-Feb-2012
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Surgery uses patient list to market private tests
14-Feb-2012
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Rise in 'digestive procedures' prompts overspend on private contract
13-Feb-2012
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EMAS challenges PTS procurement process
10-Feb-2012
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Does the cost of private healthcare exceed the benefit?
10-Feb-2012
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London FT to replace private patients' PIP implants free of charge
10-Feb-2012
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Newham hospice awarded national accreditation
8-Feb-2012
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PCT in court over community services transfer
8-Feb-2012
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Circle faces £10m hole in Hinchingbrooke budget
8-Feb-2012
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North West PTS contracts to be opened up
7-Feb-2012
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South London Healthcare trust to spend £2.4m on private treatment
6-Feb-2012
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'Hinchingbrooke model' still an option for struggling trust
2-Feb-2012
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Private providers attack Monitor failure regime
1-Feb-2012
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LIFT companies seek NHS Property Services links
1-Feb-2012
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Could Hinchingbrooke set a benchmark for health organisation ownership?
1-Feb-2012
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Hinchingbrooke plans set out by new owners
1-Feb-2012
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New Assura Medical practice in Calderdale
31-Jan-2012
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Greater Manchester reduces underuse of private sector contracts
26-Jan-2012
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A weak private sector is bad news for the NHS
26-Jan-2012
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Private patient income continues to fall
26-Jan-2012
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Exclusive: private acute providers warned over slowing NHS-funded work
26-Jan-2012
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Health secretary formally announces NHS property company
25-Jan-2012
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Bath and North East Somerset under-using ISTC contract
16-Jan-2012
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£500m private sector community services takeover 'stalls'
12-Jan-2012
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Noel Plumridge: has the sparkle gone from social enterprise?
12-Jan-2012
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Lansley outlines further 'steps' to address breast implants concerns
12-Jan-2012
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Can CCGs learn to integrate mental health services from a Californian healthcare model?
12 January 2012
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Sally Gainsbury: private sector sweats on essential sensibility
12-Jan-2012
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Understanding non-compliance to improve patient behaviours
6-Jan-2012
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Why AQP can drive real benefits in primary and secondary care
6-Jan-2012
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250 Pennine Acute ‘backlog’ patients transferred to private sector
4-Jan-2012
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NHS pensions deal to be offered to private sector
4-Jan-2012
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NHS market could fragment further, warns Supply Chain CEO
4-Jan-2012
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Survey reveals poor public sector morale
22-Dec-2011
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Private sector faces referral to Competition Commission
13-Dec-2011
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New health centre in Hull
9-Dec-2011
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NHS Wirral announces first ever private maternity deal
7-Dec-2011
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Penalties for providers and commissioners failing to innovate
7-Dec-2011
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Patient data 'assurances' needed for private sector data sharing - Burnham
6-Dec-2011
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Gulf in class: how Qatar is driving excellence by investing in academic research
6-Dec-2011
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David Nicholson seeks NHS 'nature and culture' change to innovate
5-Dec-2011
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Privacy concerns over Cameron NHS data sharing plan
5-Dec-2011
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Learning legal lessons from the transforming community services scheme
1 December 2011
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Patients' right to alternative provider should be 'publicised'
1 December 2011
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Private sector could take £2bn slice of community services
30-Nov-2011
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Price competition fears over provider penalties
29-Nov-2011
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Leading teaching hospital may have to outsource long-waiters
25-Nov-2011
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BMA declares full opposition to reforms
25-Nov-2011
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Pharma suppliers put export ahead of NHS - Burns
25-Nov-2011
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'This is the kind of disruptive innovation the NHS needs'
25-Nov-2011
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Number of consultants retiring early rises
18-Nov-2011
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Osborne outlines PFI reassessment plans
15-Nov-2011
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Care home company administrations double
14-Nov-2011
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Private sector warns of training levy danger
10 November 2011
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Unions claim blood service review 'victory'
20-Oct-2011
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Nurses raise concerns about commissioners' private company links
20-Oct-2011
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Why exceeding patient expectations should be central for clinical commissioners
20 October 2011
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Will Any Qualified Provider bring the private sector and the community together?
19-Oct-2011
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Nicholson: trusts' procurement costs will have to be 'explained'
13-Oct-2011
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East Kent plans withdrawal from use of private sector for trauma work
11-Oct-2011
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NHS London offers GPs training to smooth passage into CCGs
11-Oct-2011
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How to avoid legal pitfalls when procuring goods and services
11-Oct-2011
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Compete or collaborate? The policy dysphoria facing NHS organisations
10-Oct-2011
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Doncaster and Bassetlaw FT to outsource laundry
6-Oct-2011
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CCGs call for more choice over commissioning support
6-Oct-2011
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The system needs fixing if we're to find the financiers
6-Oct-2011
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Supply chain faces challenges on two fronts over legal concerns
6-Oct-2011
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'No evidence' that collaborative procurement lowers prices, FT Network says
6 October 2011
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Royal Surrey and Circle confirm withdrawal from race to run Epsom Hospital
5-Oct-2011
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Circle pulls out of bid to run hospital
4-Oct-2011
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'Social enterprise is a real alternative to the big, bland offer'
3-Oct-2011
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'Healthcare without competition is financially unsustainable'
29-Sep-2011
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'No conflict' in contract awarded to private company associated with commissioners
29-Sep-2011
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Can competition transform healthcare delivery in the NHS?
29 September 2011
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Circle-style deal for London specialist?
29 September 2011
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New GP practice in Calderdale
28-Sep-2011
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Southern Cross homes transfer to take place this week
28-Sep-2011
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Commissioning cluster identifies services to be considered for AQP
27-Sep-2011
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How public and private sector partnerships could stimulate efficiency improvements
27-Sep-2011
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Super merger plans let down by £116m PFI shortfall
22-Sep-2011
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Why the amended Health Bill still creates a worrying outlook for the NHS
22 September 2011
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Why the NHS needs more transparency in benchmarking to truly drive better services
22 September 2011
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DH social enterprise scheme draws just three bids
21-Sep-2011
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Social enterprise loses out in £450m community services contract
19-Sep-2011
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Assura wins Surrey community services contract
16-Sep-2011
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Exclusive: fifth acute trust says it is considering private franchise management
16-Sep-2011
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DH reinterprets research showing NHS has competition advantage
15-Sep-2011
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DH paid £8m to exit private contract following suspension of services
15 September 2011
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Assura health centre completed in Surrey
13-Sep-2011
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Debate: is general practice pulling its weight in the efficiency challenge?
9-Sep-2011
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'Huge opportunities' for private provision under reform - Howe
8-Sep-2011
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House of Commons votes through revised Health Bill
8-Sep-2011
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Pharma sector calls on trusts to share data with industry
8 September 2011
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German firm linked to DH hospital plan down-plays involvement
7-Sep-2011
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Commercial-only finance plans for FTs scaled back
7-Sep-2011
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Only two hospitals rated 'poor' in annual PEAT scores
6-Sep-2011
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DH in talks for 'international players' to take on struggling hospitals
5-Sep-2011
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Lib Dems renew Health Bill concerns ahead of Commons debate
5-Sep-2011
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Coventry PCT tenders for a new provider of primary medical services for vulnerable groups
1-Sep-2011
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Why the National Audit Office is wrong about the future for social enterprises
1 September 2011
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Healthcare without limits: what the EU directive on cross-border care means for the NHS
30-Aug-2011
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Kent PCT to end treatment centre deal with Care UK
23-Aug-2011
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Northampton General joins forces with the private sector
22-Aug-2011
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Private sector prefered bidder announced for south west pathology partnership
18-Aug-2011
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NHS-university partnerships can 'resist' competition, says chair
18-Aug-2011
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How NHS collaboration with the pharma industry could benefit both players
18 August 2011
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Social enterprises condemn 'slap in the face' over PCT properties
17-Aug-2011
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Out of the darkness: how quality assessment can improve out of hours care
17-Aug-2011
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'Expert' social enterprises still important to healthcare services
17-Aug-2011
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Exclusive: the Christie plans national 'chain' of cancer centres
16-Aug-2011
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How third sector hospital ownership is keeping healthcare close to home
15-Aug-2011
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Patent warning for doctors over genetic tests
8-Aug-2011
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NHS lags behind in social enterprise drive
5-Aug-2011
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DH rejects 'competition expansion' claim
5-Aug-2011
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What the new healthcare environment holds for clinical negligence indemnity
4-Aug-2011
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DH wants more transparency in NHS procurement
4 August 2011
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'Financial reward' kidney donation comment sparks row
3-Aug-2011
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Commissioners 'excessively constraining' patient choice
28-Jul-2011
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Poor reporting on quality 'letting down' NHS - Sir Bruce
27-Jul-2011
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The conditions that boost the independent sector
26-Jul-2011
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Private hospital spend varies widely, study shows
26-Jul-2011
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Marked change in pathology provision expected
25-Jul-2011
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Two foundation trusts breach private patient cap
22-Jul-2011
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Choice plans are 'enforced competition', say GPs
22-Jul-2011
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How to overcome the barriers facing public to private sector transitions
21 July 2011
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PCT rapped over skin cancer service standards
21 July 2011
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Private providers demand end to DH 'bureaucracy'
21 July 2011
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Why EU competition law is still a central issue in healthcare reform
21 July 2011
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250 Southern Cross homes to be rescued
19-Jul-2011
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'Refrain' from most Microsoft purchases, requests government
18-Jul-2011
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Labour attacks public services reform plan
12-Jul-2011
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Cameron renews push on public sector reform
11-Jul-2011
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Troubled Southern Cross to close
11-Jul-2011
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AQP 'bastardised', says Care UK boss
8-Jul-2011
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Innovative approaches to health priorities through NHS and industry collaboration
7 July 2011
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Hertfordshire PCT pledges £1.7m to delayed centre
5-Jul-2011
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Leicester City signs contract with The Practice
30-Jun-2011
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Sussex Partnership faced with fallout from closure of private unit
29-Jun-2011
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Health Bill: competition changes may not be ‘substantive’
24-Jun-2011
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Health Bill: government publishes 181 amendments
24-Jun-2011
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Crime doesn't pay... but it might get you free healthcare
23-Jun-2011
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Why commissioners need to harness transformational technologies for NHS services
23-Jun-2011
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Why competition still has its place in NHS
23 June 2011
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New service for private patients launched
22-Jun-2011
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Royal colleges to be enlisted to identify procedures at risk of 'cherry picking'
20-Jun-2011
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Circle floats on stock market
17-Jun-2011
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Provider trouble brewing in the East
16-Jun-2011
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Royal Cornwall Hospitals signs pharmacy deal with Lloyds
15-Jun-2011
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GP-private healthcare link raises conflict of interest concerns
15-Jun-2011
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Quality premiums and Any Qualified Provider supported by Future Forum
13-Jun-2011
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Private sector would refuse to recruit from NHS if forced to pay training costs - Forum
13-Jun-2011
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Doctors urge Cameron to speed Hinchingbrooke takeover
10-Jun-2011
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The importance of data in commissioning good care
9-Jun-2011
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Ministers warned over blood service changes
8-Jun-2011
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Independent sector GP provider developing consortium in North East
3-Jun-2011
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Fawcett makes sudden exit from General Healthcare
2-Jun-2011
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Lansley ready to modify reforms
2-Jun-2011
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'Biased' surgeons blamed for unnecessary recall
2-Jun-2011
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Exclusive: politicians 'grandstanding' on competition, says review chair
26-May-2011
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NHS South West overrules PCT in 'any qualified provider' and ISTC conflict
26 May 2011
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Head of UK's biggest private provider 'more excited than ever' about NHS reforms
25-May-2011
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'I'm more excited than ever about the healthcare marketplace'
25-May-2011
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Darlington PCT overspent on non-NHS provider
24-May-2011
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Blood service looks set to remain in house
24-May-2011
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Private provider opens specialist rehab hospital in Southwark
23-May-2011
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Wolverhampton City overspends on private providers by 88 per cent
19-May-2011
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Private provider bosses confident of reform opportunities
19-May-2011
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The opportunities 'any qualified provider' can bring to the NHS
19 May 2011
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NHS Surrey halted referrals to private providers over indemnity risk
18-May-2011
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Why innovation in the NHS is attracting European funding programmes
18-May-2011
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Ethical procurement guide launched by BMA
17-May-2011
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Co-op launches public sector advice venture
17-May-2011
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Exclusive: Britnell responds to 'privatisation' storm
17-May-2011
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Cameron defends NHS reforms
16-May-2011
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Clinical networks to respond to competition fears
12-May-2011
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Multimillion pound commissioning support tender suspended
12-May-2011
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General healthcare boss backs price competition
12 May 2011
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How health sector and independent sector partnerships can bring mutual benefits
12 May 2011
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NHS Blood and Transplant in price freeze pledge
11-May-2011
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NHS funding model is no longer 'resilient' - Britnell
11-May-2011
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Mark Britnell: the NHS funding model is no longer 'resilient'
11-May-2011
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Joint pathology venture fairly awarded, CCP decides
26-Apr-2011
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Transferred employees feel 'marooned'
21-Apr-2011
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Exclusive: hospital trust considers private franchise
21-Apr-2011
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NHS outsourcing shows significant savings, lobby group claims
20-Apr-2011
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UnitedHealth pulls out of UK primary care provision
20-Apr-2011
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Reforms listening review 'not PR move'
19-Apr-2011
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Hinchingbrooke franchise deal delayed
18-Apr-2011
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Adult social care 'faces £1bn cut'
18-Apr-2011
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Unions to meet NHS Blood Service over privatisation
15-Apr-2011
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DH pharmacy consultation put on hold
14 April 2011
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Private providers to share training costs - Lansley
14 April 2011
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Capita to buy Tribal's health business
11-Apr-2011
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Real liberation: getting social enterprise right
11-Apr-2011
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DH information chief stresses need for 'plurality' of systems
7 April 2011
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Any qualified provider will 'open up' IT market - Lansley
6-Apr-2011
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Unison poll reveals privatisation unease
4-Apr-2011
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Care home sector faces bed capacity lottery
31 March 2011
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Staffing service hopes pensions proposals will attract private sector
31 March 2011
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McKinsey appointed to work on Ealing and North West London merger
30-Mar-2011
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Lansley outlines 'right to provide' social enterprise drive
30-Mar-2011
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Council care better than private sector - CQC
30-Mar-2011
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CQC praises choice but warns on speed of improvements
29-Mar-2011
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NHS Professionals chief announces departure
25-Mar-2011
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NHS IT contractor for sale
25-Mar-2011
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£252m underactivity bill sparks renewed calls for contract renegotiations
24 March 2011
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Media watch: someone needs to get a grip on reforms
24 March 2011
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Watch now: KPMG head of health on the challenges facing the NHS
24-Mar-2011
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NHS reforms 'could lead to US-style system'
23-Mar-2011
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Stephen Eames: it's time to embrace disruption
18-Mar-2011
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MPs told of budget topslicing 'risk'
17 March 2011
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Blood service privatisation criticised in Commons
16-Mar-2011
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NHS Surrey opens sexual assault referral centre
14-Mar-2011
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Department rejects blood services claims
11-Mar-2011
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Competition panel to rule on pathology deal
10 March 2011
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'GPs run the risk of alienating themselves from their colleagues'
10 March 2011
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Moorfields abandons Abu Dhabi expansion plan
10 March 2011
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Lib Dem MPs oppose health reforms
8-Mar-2011
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Lansley fights back on competition
3-Mar-2011
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Effective regulation needs the right touch, at the right time
3 March 2011
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Hinchingbrooke continues to predict breakeven as deficit grows
1-Mar-2011
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Hinchingbrooke seeks to appoint directors for transition to franchise
1-Mar-2011
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Royal Cornwall ordered to offer gynae patients alternative provider
28-Feb-2011
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'Will community services boil down to "any willing price"?'
28-Feb-2011
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NHS South Birmingham sees jump in private sector spending
25-Feb-2011
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'Good response' to NHS North Somerset's hospital tender
25-Feb-2011
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NHS Bath and North East Somerset reveals £6m savings plan
25-Feb-2011
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£1m from private mental health underspend funding acute overspends at NHS Dudley
24-Feb-2011
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Loss of 80,000 care beds will intensify bed-blocking
24-Feb-2011
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Commissioners flouting patient choice rules
24 February 2011
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Compensation danger over LIFT contract transfers
24 February 2011
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Media Watch: letters from David Cameron
24 February 2011
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Noel Plumridge: trapped in PFI purgatory
24 February 2011
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Squaring the price competition and efficiency circle
24 February 2011
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Circle refers two PCTs to Cooperation and Competition Panel
22-Feb-2011
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Unions' fury at PM privatisation plans
22-Feb-2011
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Cameron unveils privatisation drive
21-Feb-2011
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Competition should never be first choice, but it could be best
17 February 2011
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DH looks to private sector to save money on blood service
16-Feb-2011
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Public-private health services show bright promise in Spain
16-Feb-2011
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Lansley: Competition will protect commissioners from 'abusive relationships'
11-Feb-2011
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DH figures showing private sector disadvantage 'almost certainly' wrong - Monitor
10-Feb-2011
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NHS Cornwall teams up to re-procure services using any willing provider
9-Feb-2011
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NHS Plymouth teams up to re-procure services using any willing provider
9-Feb-2011
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NHS Devon teams up to re-procure services using any willing provider
9-Feb-2011
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Yeovil District Hospital FT talks pathology with private sector
8-Feb-2011
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Exclusive: Lib Dem MPs closer to opposition on health reform
4-Feb-2011
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Flory tells PCTs to give providers leeway over winter pressures
3 February 2011
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Procurement inefficiencies costing £500m, report finds
2-Feb-2011
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Reforms will destroy the NHS, claims Unite
1-Feb-2011
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RCS warns quality of care could decline
1-Feb-2011
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The transition from primary care to independent provider
1-Feb-2011
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Lansley insists 'risky' reforms are vital
31-Jan-2011
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Poll reveals public mistrust of reforms
31-Jan-2011
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Nigel Edwards calls for constructive dialogue on competition
31-Jan-2011
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Humana 'assured' client it was committed to UK market
27 January 2011
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Lansley: reforms will not see banker-style bonuses
26-Jan-2011
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Watch: Andrew Lansley at HSJ's 'Delivering a New Approach to Public Health' conference
25-Jan-2011
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Monitor may pay private providers more
25-Jan-2011
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The provider's essential guide to the Health Bill
25-Jan-2011
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Audit Commission issues public interest report on struggling acute trust
19-Jan-2011
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Earl Howe: Contestability is 'not alien to integration'
19-Jan-2011
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NHS market faces closer EU attention
19-Jan-2011
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Commissioning board should run large scale 'experiments' - UnitedHealth head
18-Jan-2011
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Private sector takeover not as imminent as some may have it
18-Jan-2011
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US health giant Humana to pull out of UK
18-Jan-2011
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Consultants highlight hidden costs of NHS white paper
14-Jan-2011
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CCP to investigate PCTs 'restricting choice and competition'
17-Dec-2010
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Commissioning group rapped for rules breach
17 December 2010
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Private healthcare market probed
15-Dec-2010
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Private sector permitted to employ 'two tier' workforce
14-Dec-2010
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Public-private partnerships market growing to £1.8 trillion
9 December 2010
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Circle wins battle to run hospital
2 December 2010
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Prepare now for divesting provider arms
2-Dec-2010
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Exclusive: Hinchingbrooke winner critiques NHS procurement
26-Nov-2010
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Ambulance trusts in talks with NHS Direct over 111 provision
25 November 2010
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Britnell warns on NHS efficiency
25 November 2010
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Competition panel bans exclusive provider deals
25 November 2010
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Mark Britnell: quick fixes for making efficiency gains
25 November 2010
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Commissioning consortia told to buy in admin support
24-Nov-2010
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SHAs to set senior managers' pay at aspirant CFTs
17-Nov-2010
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MPs want power to scrutinise DH spending plans in detail
17-Nov-2010
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DH confirms sale of Dr Foster Intelligence
11-Nov-2010
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Former NHS chief attacks private health insurance 'lottery'
11-Nov-2010
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Independent contractors and the NHS
4 November 2010
-
NHS estate and hotel services heavily outsourced
28 October 2010
-
Outsourcing quotas to drive mixed health services provider market
27-Oct-2010
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Midlands trusts plan joint pathology service
27-Oct-2010
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Private companies gear up to take stake in stalled community hospitals
19-Oct-2010
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BMA should 'rethink' private sector opposition
19-Oct-2010
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Competition could change the face of healthcare
14 October 2010
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Private tests 'need monitoring'
12-Oct-2010
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Future RCGP leader issues warning on 'market expansion'
11-Oct-2010
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Transforming Community Services: PCTs step closer to deciding fate of provider arms
7 October 2010
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Competition will 'overshadow' white paper benefits - BMA
1-Oct-2010
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Cosmetic surgery providers breach CQC rules
16 September 2010
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Private company to run community hospital
16 September 2010
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Nicholson steps up reform with radical savings move
15-Sep-2010
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'Charities need to provide much more for the NHS'
2 September 2010
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BMA warned position on GP consortia may be illegal
26 August 2010
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NHS reorganisation: don't leave the patients behind
26 August 2010
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Trust not meeting Royal College of Surgeons' decontamination policy
26 August 2010
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PCTs rein in management consultant spending
19 August 2010
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PCT and UnitedHealth end deal
18-Aug-2010
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'How is the state going to conscript GPs?'
12 August 2010
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Two bidders left in NHS hospital franchise race
11-Aug-2010
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Is this the end of the road for PCTs?
5 August 2010
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Goodwill could net GPs £8bn
29 July 2010
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Legal concern over private patient income cap
29 July 2010
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Media Watch: eye-watering, mouth-watering NHS cash
22 July 2010
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Exclusive survey: HSJ readers unenthused by white paper
13-Jul-2010
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Noel Plumridge on NHS pay and pensions
17 June 2010
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More than 100 candidates stand in first two health board elections
11-Jun-2010
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First ISTCs lose activity guarantees
10 June 2010
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PCTs falling out of love with management consultants
10 June 2010
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Predictions on the new government's next moves
10 June 2010
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NHS Hull completes move to social enterprise
9-Jun-2010
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Mark Britnell on increasing NHS productivity
3 June 2010
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UCLH plan to rescue Barts from PFI crisis
20 May 2010
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NHS Confed trustees ‘misled’ over failed scheme
13 May 2010
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Andrew Jones on the rise of the health consumer
29 April 2010
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Next government must quash preferred provider policy
28-Apr-2010
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Drug firms lose battle over pricing
23-Apr-2010
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Mark Britnell on keeping the wolf from the NHS door
22 April 2010
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NHS procurement probe was halted by last minute DH phone call
22 April 2010
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PCTs depend on commissioning support
22 April 2010
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Alternative providers: a good idea is a good idea, whoever had it
15 April 2010
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Paul Corrigan and Bill Moyes on foundation trust autonomy
15 April 2010
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Lib Dems unveil manifesto with pledge to cap managers' pay
14-Apr-2010
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Labour pledges personalised care revolution
13-Apr-2010
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NHS innovation: can the health service drive new ideas?
8 April 2010
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NHS IT programme supplier misses major deadline
8 April 2010
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Norman Warner: face up to NHS efficiencies
8 April 2010
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Swine flu vaccine deal agreed
7-Apr-2010
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DH refuses key deal on national IT programme
1-Apr-2010
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Preferred provider guidance leaves waters muddy
31-Mar-2010
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Three shortlisted in race to run Hinchingbrooke
26-Mar-2010
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How Labour saved the NHS from the brink
25 March 2010
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Andrew Haldenby on hospital closures and competition
17-Mar-2010
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‘Preferred provider’ policy unravels
11 March 2010
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Out of hours GP contracts need greater transparency
11 March 2010
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Excluding independent sector from NHS services 'potentially unlawful'
4-Mar-2010
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Virgin buys into GP healthcare
4-Mar-2010
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Tories outline hospital efficiency plans
26-Feb-2010
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NHS East of England boss rejects Hinchingbrooke privatisation claim
19-Feb-2010
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Monitor revises private patient income cap rules
18 February 2010
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Private option for Hinchingbrooke looks more likely
17-Feb-2010
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BMA extends campaign against NHS privatisation
12-Feb-2010
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DH dismisses own advisory panel's claims on procurement and competition as 'anecdote'
4-Feb-2010
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Many commissioners breach NHS competition rules
4 February 2010
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More patients pick private care
4 February 2010
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European court ruling boosts NHS contract bidders
1-Feb-2010
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Essex PCT to begin offloading GP surgeries
26-Jan-2010
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Care UK chief hits out at renewal process as ITC contracts expire
21 January 2010
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Four countries’ pulses beat to different tunes
20-Jan-2010
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Five firms and one FT shortlisted to take over NHS hospital
8-Jan-2010
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Andrew Jones on healthcare Darwinism
7 January 2010
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Dr Foster misses out on NHS Choices mortality data contract
7 January 2010
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John Deffenbaugh asks what next for foundation trusts
7 January 2010
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Foundation trusts urged to take over more NHS activity
16-Dec-2009
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Tariff puts brake on acute admissions
16-Dec-2009
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Pete Mason on multiple leadership styles
14-Dec-2009
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NHS operating framework to offer mixed blessings for hospitals
11-Dec-2009
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Court rules Monitor unlawful on private patient cap
10-Dec-2009
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How to get the best staff in primary care
9-Dec-2009
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How to get the best staff in the North West
9-Dec-2009
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How to get the best staff in large organisations
9-Dec-2009
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How to get the best staff in ambulance trusts
9-Dec-2009
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Pre-Budget report removes £500m in health capital spending
9-Dec-2009
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DH and unions thrash out deal on transfer of NHS staff pensions
26 November 2009
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Hospital group goes into administration following fraud trial
25-Nov-2009
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NHS London suspends private care service
19-Nov-2009
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Information Centre may sell Dr Foster Intelligence share
19 November 2009
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Independent sector treatment centres 'cherry pick' patients
16-Nov-2009
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Demand management fails as trusts soak up PCT cash
12 November 2009
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Government unveils private patient income cap proposals
12 November 2009
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Microsoft on the lookout for NHS business
12 November 2009
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Out of hours provider loses contract following overdose case
10-Nov-2009
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Independent contractor performance
4-Nov-2009
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Judicial review of private patient income cap begins
3-Nov-2009
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Patients 'to get private care right'
2-Nov-2009
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Andy Burnham stands ground after taking fire on competition rules
29 October 2009
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Andy Burnham: embrace the new era of redesign to take NHS from good to great
29 October 2009
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Hinchingbrooke opens to bidding for franchise
29 October 2009
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Andy Burnham extends preferred provider vow
22 October 2009
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Michael White on public vs private
22 October 2009
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Simon Stevens on the best healthcare system in the world
22 October 2009
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Private treatment centre returned to NHS control
19-Oct-2009
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Mental health FTs allowed to treat private patients, but rules face fundamental review
13-Oct-2009
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GP contract: 'clunky’ deal holds back quality
1 October 2009
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NHS competition panel rejects limit on consultants’ work outside their contracts
24 September 2009
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Noel Plumridge on no-frills healthcare
24 September 2009
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Paul Corrigan on NHS reform
24 September 2009
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Essex Cares bids for PCT role
10 September 2009
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Rival plan found only half of McKinsey savings
10 September 2009
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Tory linked to private health firm
7-Sep-2009
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DH makes PFI debt pledge
3 September 2009
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'Organic' reduction in PCTs under Tories
27 August 2009
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Tories back private healthcare plans
24-Aug-2009
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Lessons for the UK in Obama’s universal healthcare plan
13 August 2009
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LIFT schemes 'poorly managed'
12-Aug-2009
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Tories pledge health service reform
11-Aug-2009
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NHS to become a landlord for private treatment centres
30-Jul-2009
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LIFT-promoting firm is left in ‘disarray’
30 July 2009
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Pharmacists argue for national contract to pay for flu pandemic work
30 July 2009
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Tower Hamlets PCT works with local mosques
30 July 2009
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Private patients 'have full NHS rights'
28-Jul-2009
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Sainsbury's refuses to act as antiviral collection point
24-Jul-2009
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NHS fraudster escapes jail sentence
23-Jul-2009
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NHS hospital franchise plan gets green light
22-Jul-2009
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Powerful chemistry: PCTs under fire for not aiding pharmacy growth
17-Jul-2009
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Your Humble Servant on private lessons
16 July 2009
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Finance directors plan to renegotiate supplier contracts
9 July 2009
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Reality chips away at NHS's gold-plated pension scheme
9 July 2009
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Tories claim 'Google health records' are speculation
7-Jul-2009
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Government will not back private care home protection
6-Jul-2009
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KPMG confirms Mark Britnell's appointment
2-Jul-2009
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Jon Restell: how to cope
2 July 2009
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Firms fight to the death for NHS construction projects
1-Jul-2009
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Monitor hits back at PFI 'cancellation' claim
29-Jun-2009
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Brown to announce private cash for NHS cancer treatment delays
29-Jun-2009
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Government misses own invoice payment target
25 June 2009
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NHS Counter Fraud Service slated after trial collapses
25 June 2009
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Mark Britnell move 'will not hit world class commissioning'
18 June 2009
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Avoid tendering pitfalls, warns NHS competition panel director
12-Jun-2009
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Take on more risk to increase share of health market, private companies told
11-Jun-2009
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Burnham backs review of private patient income cap
11-Jun-2009
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Concerns NHS could be challenged under EU competition law
11 June 2009
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Management consultant costs to be laid bare
11 June 2009
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Southampton City PCT attempts to mitigate £3.6m losses
11 June 2009
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MPs call for NHS consultancy costs to be made public
5-Jun-2009
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Michael White on the big split over ISTCs
4 June 2009
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Doctors claim NHS bears the cost of private care complications
28 May 2009
-
NHS cash subsidises private patient care
21 May 2009
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Alan Johnson seeks to rein in co-operation and competition panel
7 May 2009
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Commerce units will boost NHS market activity
7 May 2009
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NHS Confederation warns primary care trusts to tender with caution
7 May 2009
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Pilot will boost patient role in GP service plans
30 April 2009
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NHS IT programme given seven months to improve
29-Apr-2009
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BT downplays NHS IT speculation
23 April 2009
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Frances Blunden on the burden of NHS bureaucracy
23 April 2009
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Surgicentre contract signed after six years
23 April 2009
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Budget 2009: NHS privatisation should be victim of savings, says union
22-Apr-2009
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Competition panel launches inquiry into consultants' private work
16 April 2009
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Foundation trusts warn competition could fragment NHS
16 April 2009
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Accountancy change means LIFT schemes could be squeezed
2 April 2009
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NHS told to help staff get healthier
30-Mar-2009
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Independent providers: commission in bulk for a better deal
9-Mar-2009
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Capita: Choices and CHKS are route into NHS
5-Mar-2009
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Scottish bill to ban private GP provision
5-Mar-2009
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Talk to me: PCTs hone their haggling skills
5-Mar-2009
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Chris Ham slams anti-competition guidance
5-Mar-2009
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Capita acquires healthcare data firm CHKS
20-Feb-2009
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Out of hours provider to launch judicial review against PCT
16-Feb-2009
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Foundation trusts call for private patient income flexibility
12-Feb-2009
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DH extends Atos choose and book contract
11-Feb-2009
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MPs hear Richards review skirted major top-up areas
5-Feb-2009
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NHS offers private providers shelter in rough economic seas
5-Feb-2009
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Panel to judge on NHS competition rows
29-Jan-2009
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BMA against more competition
29-Jan-2009
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Monitor faces review over private patient income cap
29-Jan-2009
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Outsourced NHS staff hit by pensions blow
29-Jan-2009
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Middle managers warned not to shun private sector
22-Jan-2009
-
NHS career development: moving to the private sector
19-Jan-2009
-
Foundations face threat to joint ventures
15-Jan-2009
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Health tourism: don't forget your toothbrush…
12-Jan-2009
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Independent sector treatment centres could keep subsidies
18-Dec-2008
-
Advancing quality in the North West
27-Nov-2008
-
Mark Hackett on healthcare and customer confidence
27-Nov-2008
-
NHS braced for worst of Alistair Darling's £5bn spending cuts
27-Nov-2008
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Spectre of past mistakes looms over GP access push
13-Nov-2008
-
Michael White on pharmaceutical price regulation
30-Oct-2008
-
Colonoscopy review triggers nearly 100 recalls
23-Oct-2008
-
NHS trusts dump Capita over payroll errors
23-Oct-2008
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Scotland moves to stop GP 'commercialisation'
22-Oct-2008
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GP practice fights PCT over branch surgery
16-Oct-2008
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Out of hours care standards to be applied to urgent care
25-Sep-2008
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Virgin grounds proposals to run GP surgeries
25-Sep-2008
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ISTCs: where are all the patients?
18-Sep-2008
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Lord Carter to head up NHS competition panel
18-Sep-2008
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Whitehall will pay buildings costs on ISTCs
18-Sep-2008
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Shortfall in care home funding
17-Sep-2008
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Chair of NHS co-operation and competition panel named
11-Sep-2008
-
Birkdale Clinic was 'in tolerable range'
11-Sep-2008
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Bringing mental health under the NHS wing
11-Sep-2008
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Foundation trusts may fight private patient income cap
11-Sep-2008
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Scotland considers ban on commercial GP firms
11-Sep-2008
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Private patient cap too restrictive - FT Network
9-Sep-2008
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Benchmarking out of hours healthcare
8-Sep-2008
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PFI plan could keep debts off NHS trusts' balance sheets
4-Sep-2008
-
Hull trust buys private hospital
29-Aug-2008
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Hull trust to buy Nuffield hospital
29-Aug-2008
-
Sophia Christie on the Naomi Campbell effect
14-Aug-2008
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Patientline goes into administration
28-Jul-2008
-
Auditor general for Wales on home oxygen services
25-Jul-2008
-
Capita beats Dr Foster to NHS Choices contract
24-Jul-2008
-
NHS constitution - signed and delivered
24-Jul-2008
-
Health secretary targets obesity
23-Jul-2008
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Private orthopaedic clinic fined for registration breaches
17-Jul-2008
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Cancer firm expects NHS to fall short
10-Jul-2008
-
Meldrum urges doctors to take leading role in reform
10-Jul-2008
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Recruitment questions: overseas staff in the NHS
7-Jul-2008
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Darzi quality incentive puts £1bn at stake
3-Jul-2008
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NHS60: The reinvention of hospitals
30-Jun-2008
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DH aims to slash commissioning support delay
26-Jun-2008
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Private care poses little threat to the NHS, finds IPPR report
26-Jun-2008
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Why NHS must keep an eye on the private sector
26-Jun-2008
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PCTs not ready to regulate choice, says Darzi adviser
20-Jun-2008
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PROMs needed for patient choice, says BUPA
16-Jun-2008
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DH warns Treasury of chaos after accountancy rule changes
12-Jun-2008
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Failed, fired but not yet fixed: the new realities
12-Jun-2008
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PCTs under fire on new GP scheme
12-Jun-2008
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Profits boost for Boots
10-Jun-2008
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Service planning: shock of the new
9-Jun-2008
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Michael White on private vs public
5-Jun-2008
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Failing managers to be axed under new NHS regime
4-Jun-2008
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Assessing independent sector performance
30-May-2008
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Commercial directorate's future in the air
29-May-2008
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King's puts smart money on private sector
22-May-2008
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Performance assessment: the management battle
22-May-2008
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Suppliers could challenge PCTs under European rules
22-May-2008
-
Virgin Healthcare unveils GP contract details
22-May-2008
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Channing Wheeler's plans for market end rumours of commercial break
8-May-2008
-
Community services tariff opens way to private provision
8-May-2008
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Independent sector sceptics must be won over
8-May-2008
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GPs paid £20m for sickness and maternity cover
1-May-2008
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Integrated care - lessons from America
1-May-2008
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Nottingham ISTC delays continue
24-Apr-2008
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PCTs ignoring demands to inspect private providers
17-Apr-2008
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Treatment centres get Treasury nod
17-Apr-2008
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Alliance - let firms help PBC
10-Apr-2008
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Care quality data on mental health is too hard to pin down
10-Apr-2008
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How primary care grew up
7-Apr-2008
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Pharmacies' role in community care
7-Apr-2008
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CBI claims contract debacle will hit future bids
3-Apr-2008
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Managers blamed for infection control failings
31-Mar-2008
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ISTC payment framework announced
28-Mar-2008
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Corporate manslaughter: you could be in the dock
27-Mar-2008
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Jon Restell on valuing all frontline staff
27-Mar-2008
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Managers see private sector as threat, survey reveals
25-Mar-2008
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Foundation trusts query accounting changes
20-Mar-2008
-
Media Watch: Olympic health worries
20-Mar-2008
-
NHS service providers can advertise under new code
20-Mar-2008
-
FESC is thrown open without Treasury probe
13-Mar-2008
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Guarantees are vital to ISTC success
13-Mar-2008
-
PCTs pressured to lose provider arm
13-Mar-2008
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Change of view: improving primary care
10-Mar-2008
-
ISTC contract guarantees will saddle NHS with a £187m bill
6-Mar-2008
-
Noel Plumridge on topping up NHS care
6-Mar-2008
-
New super-regulator begins to take shape
28-Feb-2008
-
Government 'still wasting money on ISTCs'
22-Feb-2008
-
Lord Warner new chair of UK Healthgateway
22-Feb-2008
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Darzi plans equate to 'Martini healthcare'
21-Feb-2008
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Private sector deals face audit office scrutiny
21-Feb-2008
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The people's constitution
20-Feb-2008
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Is it reasonable to audit GPs' hours?
15-Feb-2008
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Green light ISTCs, government urged
11-Feb-2008
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Decision on ISTCs 'pivotal', says Confederation of British Industry
11-Feb-2008
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Decision on ISTCs 'pivotal', says Confederation of British Industry
11-Feb-2008
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BUPA wins first deal to support commissioners
7-Feb-2008
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Unison takes Monitor to court in wake of income cap silence
7-Feb-2008
-
UnitedHealth wins more GP deals
7-Feb-2008
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Under-doctored areas told to share extra resources
31-Jan-2008
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Support for doctors with physical and mental illnesses
29-Jan-2008
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Dementia care: in search of the person behind the condition
24-Jan-2008
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Private patients' unpaid bills leave trusts chasing millions
24-Jan-2008
-
DH deputy medical director joins independent provider
21-Jan-2008
-
Lib Dem leader outlines plans for the health service
17-Jan-2008
-
Simon Stevens on Brown's first health speech
17-Jan-2008
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Private treatment centre to go ahead despite local critics
11-Jan-2008
-
Brown calls for 'deeper and wider' NHS reform
7-Jan-2008
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We survey managers on the past, present and future of the NHS
7-Jan-2008
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Survey of readers on the NHS's past, present and future
13-Dec-2007
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North West acute chiefs doubt private scheme value
13-Dec-2007
-
Private sector reassured over future in NHS
13-Dec-2007
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Private sector sceptics take on foundation freedom-fighters
13-Dec-2007
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Secure care: improving life in locked wards
10-Dec-2007
-
Report exposes failings of private mental healthcare
6-Dec-2007
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Audit office eyes fate of ISTCs
22-Nov-2007
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Franchise plan for primary care draws fire from GPs
15-Nov-2007
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ISTC second wave faces cuts
15-Nov-2007
-
ISTC programme slashed
15-Nov-2007
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NHS primary care director to back anti-privatisation charity
8-Nov-2007
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Private firms fear axe for treatment centre deals
8-Nov-2007
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Dropping diagnostic deals could scare away investors
1-Nov-2007
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The real workforce
29-Oct-2007
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Private provision: Lamb calls for probe into ISTC waste
25-Oct-2007
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US health: Sicko's grim diagnosis
25-Oct-2007
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Scotland unveils standards for private care
15-Oct-2007
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Boots could host 150 walk-in centres in its stores
11-Oct-2007
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Diagnostics firm Atos found inadequate
11-Oct-2007
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DoH may pull private scanning schemes
11-Oct-2007
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DoH names 14 firms that will support PCTs
4-Oct-2007
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ISTC contract shortcomings are exposed
4-Oct-2007
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Money for nothing in the ISTC labour crisis
4-Oct-2007
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Trust may change how it manages international patients
3-Oct-2007
-
Private equity focus on healthcare
2-Oct-2007
-
Bradshaw denies 'going cold' on use of private sector firms
27-Sep-2007
-
Media Watch: for and against healthcare privatisation
27-Sep-2007
-
Private company to announce 12 new hospital sites
27-Sep-2007
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Call for comparable data across care services
20-Sep-2007
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Private sector 'jaded' over contracts
20-Sep-2007
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Time to come clean on the private sector
20-Sep-2007
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Agencies cost less
20-Sep-2007
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Agency docs are 'cheaper than locums'
20-Sep-2007
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PCTs assured over ICATS liability
20-Sep-2007
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Open up primary care, says CBI
18-Sep-2007
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BUPA expected to provide 'external support' for PCT
13-Sep-2007
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One year on, the message from Nicholson is that he's listening
13-Sep-2007
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Pioneer teams are overcoming anger
10-Sep-2007
-
NHS strikes new deal with Microsoft
3-Sep-2007
-
Paul Robinson on double standards
3-Sep-2007
-
Tesco and Boots opt out of GP scheme
31-Aug-2007
-
Strategies for managing the market
29-Aug-2007
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Introducing direct payments into care homes
24-Aug-2007
-
Established GPs prepare to feel the heat of big business
9-Aug-2007
-
GP tendering could herald new era of competition for practices
9-Aug-2007
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GPs urged to refer directly to the independent sector
9-Aug-2007
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Wave three treatment centres axed
2-Aug-2007
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Dr Maire Smith on nurturing innovation
30-Jul-2007
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Clarity needed on 'stealth' social enterprise bodies
26-Jul-2007
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David Lawrence offers some words of advice to Mr Brown
23-Jul-2007
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Foundation trusts: understanding the private patient cap
23-Jul-2007
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ISTC data is 'poor quality'
19-Jul-2007
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Good neighbours
16-Jul-2007
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PCT calls for GP referral competition to be shelved
12-Jul-2007
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Providers criticise NHS Choices site
12-Jul-2007
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Cabinet reshuffle: private sector fights to stay on agenda
5-Jul-2007
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Social enterprise: a rich seam of ideas
2-Jul-2007
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£35m ISTC deal scrapped
28-Jun-2007
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Controversial and divisive: Whitehall's own Big Brother
28-Jun-2007
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Chris Ham on integrating to compete in the NHS
25-Jun-2007
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ITC plans scrapped: NHS services are 'better value'
21-Jun-2007
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Hilary Thomas on her honeymoon period
18-Jun-2007
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Legal briefing: private care homes and the human rights anomaly
18-Jun-2007
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Independent treatment centre move redefines choice
14-Jun-2007
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Trusts face monitoring on take-up of private services
14-Jun-2007
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Will next month's ban fire up PCT stop-smoking services?
14-Jun-2007
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Legal briefing: foundation trusts test the waters on mergers and acquisitions
11-Jun-2007
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BBC-style management could save NHS from 'political ice'
7-Jun-2007
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Confederation opens doors to private sector
7-Jun-2007
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Hillingdon to invite private commissioner
7-Jun-2007
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Providers brace for new regulation fee regime
7-Jun-2007
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BUPA partnership to cut waiting times
5-Jun-2007
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DoH issues dental commissioning guidance
4-Jun-2007
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Successful commissioning suppliers announced
1-Jun-2007
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Guy's denies pathology plans go against guidance
31-May-2007
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New ways for old
28-May-2007
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Private slow-down expected as service prepares for Brown
24-May-2007
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Andrew Jones on independence day
21-May-2007
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Back innovation and good judgement in primary care
17-May-2007
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'NHS family' accused of stifling entrepreneurialism
17-May-2007
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Purchasing guidance could follow all NICE decisions
17-May-2007
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Referral management schemes must operate as a partnership
17-May-2007
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Improving data on private sector healthcare
14-May-2007
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Four Seasons names chief operating officer
23-Apr-2007
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Hospices in line for refurbishment programme
10-Apr-2007
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News analysis: Taking the private pennies - without the public grief
5-Apr-2007
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PCTs delayed on audiology contract
5-Apr-2007
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DoH orders review into £257m diagnosis contract
29-Mar-2007
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Care UK set for Mercury Health takeover
27-Mar-2007
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New social enterprise guide published
27-Mar-2007
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Out-of-hours firms under review
22-Mar-2007
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The urgent care muddle may mean more nights to forget
22-Mar-2007
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Challenging the assumptions of NHS marketing
19-Mar-2007
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BUPA and choice
5-Mar-2007
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DoH responds to call charge complaints
26-Feb-2007
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PCT ditches two private hospitals over costs
22-Feb-2007
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Report flags up mental health gap
22-Feb-2007
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Milton Keynes PCT names preferred bidder
16-Feb-2007
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Legal briefing: can non-NHS bodies access the NHS pension scheme?
13-Feb-2007
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National Audit Office slates DoH over £12m Dr Foster deal
8-Feb-2007
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SHA pays £2m for firm to size up PCT commissioning
8-Feb-2007
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Legal briefing: patient choice and the model contract
5-Feb-2007
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PCT could slash 90 per cent of staff
1-Feb-2007
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BMA slams private treatment centres
22-Jan-2007
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Legal briefing: the separation of provider and commissioner
22-Jan-2007
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What social enterprise can do for healthcare
22-Jan-2007
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Data on ISTCs' clinical quality is 'extremely poor', says Healthcare Commission
18-Jan-2007
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Independent sector falls down on data
18-Jan-2007
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Trusts prepare for hard sell to earn picky patients' custom
18-Jan-2007
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Commission appoints new head of independent healthcare
16-Jan-2007
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Air ambulance charities hope for NHS cash
1-Jan-2007
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Boost for social firms
1-Jan-2007
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BUPA predicts £11bn hole in NHS funds
1-Jan-2007
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Bupa pulls out of South East diagnostics deal
1-Jan-2007
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Care UK buys rival provider
1-Jan-2007
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Care UK chief urges swift ISTC take-up
1-Jan-2007
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Chair quits over private power
1-Jan-2007
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DoH will not limit private audiology
1-Jan-2007
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Doubts over DoH claims about expert patients
1-Jan-2007
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Former chief exec calls for more private beds for children
1-Jan-2007
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Good intentions could be disguising a big, bad threat
1-Jan-2007
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Helpline aims for foundation trust status
1-Jan-2007
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Higher costs warning on independent sector
1-Jan-2007
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How to commission high quality, low cost health care
1-Jan-2007
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Lord Warner: PCT commissioning advert blunder 'only human'
1-Jan-2007
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Managers betrayed by outsourcing, says union
1-Jan-2007
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Michael White on consultants
1-Jan-2007
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Michael White on politics
1-Jan-2007
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Minister unveils social enterprise start-up fund
1-Jan-2007
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Minister: end third sector 'mutual loathing'
1-Jan-2007
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MPs find no evidence of improved value from independent treatment centres
1-Jan-2007
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NHS Confederation consults on private sector membership
1-Jan-2007
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NHS vs independents: the book
1-Jan-2007
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One-quarter opposed to independent Confed membership
1-Jan-2007
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Operating framework: PCTs to assess services
1-Jan-2007
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Potential conflicts investigated
1-Jan-2007
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Primary care trusts told to fill Atos gap
1-Jan-2007
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Private companies to join support framework
1-Jan-2007
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Scotland: first privately run treatment centre signed
1-Jan-2007
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Skilled analysts of little use to the NHS
1-Jan-2007
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Sophia Christie on lessons from Sweden
1-Jan-2007
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Speak out
1-Jan-2007
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Special report on ISTCs: Opportunity knocks
1-Jan-2007
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Special report: PCT futures
1-Jan-2007
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Statutory control on decisions is not enough to allay fears
1-Jan-2007
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Staying power: beacon sites offer some answers
1-Jan-2007
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DoH to name preferred bidders for diagnostic scans
20-Dec-2006
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Independent providers opened up to public scrutiny
20-Dec-2006
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Operating framework: updated principles put new emphasis on dignity
14-Dec-2006
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Comment: Why a US management guru has vital questions for the NHS
7-Dec-2006
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Independent provider quality indicators put online
5-Dec-2006
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Independent centre deals abandoned
4-Dec-2006
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Peter Mason on social enterprise - the new punk rock?
4-Dec-2006
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New role for former Audit Commission chair
20-Nov-2006
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Legal briefing: preparing for strike action
6-Nov-2006
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LINks to get scrutiny role
2-Nov-2006
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Push to publish clinical data
2-Nov-2006
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PCTs encouraged to embrace new providers
2-Nov-2006
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Government responds to report on ITCs
26-Oct-2006
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Private finance guidance for trusts published
23-Oct-2006
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Response to NHS charges report
20-Oct-2006
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Dr Natalie-Jane Macdonald on GPs and commissioning
19-Oct-2006
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'It's not about Americans in 10-gallon hats'
5-Oct-2006
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David Lock on an independent NHS
5-Oct-2006
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McKinsey accused of unfair advantage on commissioning
5-Oct-2006
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Unison claims Labour conference victory on market
5-Oct-2006
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David Mobbs on health inequalities and the market
28-Sep-2006
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Mental health: fitting in non-NHS providers
28-Sep-2006
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Blair at Labour conference: 'Rebuilding not privatising'
28-Sep-2006
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NAOM plans value for money study on Dr Foster deal
28-Sep-2006
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SHAs: NHS Logistics strike has little impact
28-Sep-2006
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Unison to rally against markets
28-Sep-2006
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Analyses show under-use of ITC capacity
21-Sep-2006
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News analysis: Are paid-up ITC millions being consigned to the scrapheap?
21-Sep-2006
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Care heads for the high street as Blair courts retail kings
7-Sep-2006
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Clinicians launch community ENT to fend off independent giants
7-Sep-2006
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DHL secures NHS Logistics deal
7-Sep-2006
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Chief executive says decision on UnitedHealth contract is a lesson for all PCTs
31-Aug-2006
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Comment: PCTs need certainty of consultations to innovate
31-Aug-2006
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Pioneer diagnostics and treatement centre to shut its doors
31-Aug-2006
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Stockport PCT denies limiting choice to independent sector
10-Aug-2006
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Comment: muddle on primary care pilot delays
3-Aug-2006
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DoH selects six preferred bidders for diagnostics
3-Aug-2006
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Procurement deals in danger in key pilot sites as PCT financial pressures take their toll
3-Aug-2006
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Tony Blair calls for empowerment not nannying in public health
3-Aug-2006
