All Independent providers articles – Page 14
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NewsNew job for former procurement hub chief
The former chief executive of a large regional NHS procurement hub has been appointed chair of a company that helps trusts reduce costs.
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NewsCommissioners settle with Virgin following contract dispute
A legal dispute between Virgin Care and six Surrey clinical commissioning groups has been resolved – with an apparent payment by the NHS to the company.
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HSJ LocalCompany rated inadequate ahead of 111 contract handover
An private provider of NHS 111 and GP out of hours services has had a second critical report from the Care Quality Commission a week before it is due to hand back the contract.
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NewsOut of hours care provider bought for £11m
An out of hospital care provider has been bought by a private limited company.
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HSJ LocalTrouble-hit vanguard imaging system faces more problems
An East Midlands hospital trust has delayed the rollout of the troubled East Midlands Radiology consortium imaging system until next year amid ongoing performance concerns.
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NewsAccountable care providers may gain access to NHS pension
The government has launched a consultation to make it easier for independent providers and organisations involved in new care model and accountable care contracts to have access to the NHS pension scheme.
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NewsDeadline extended to enter HSJ Healthcare Partnership Awards
The deadline for entering the HSJ Healthcare Partnership Awards has been extended.
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NewsNHS England picks Babylon for flagship patient app pilot
NHS England has picked two private digital services to pilot a new universal NHS patient app that provides access to health records, NHS 111 and privacy preferences through their smartphones.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: The CAMHS cause célèbre
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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NewsClinical director loses employment tribunal over private work
A former clinical director has lost his employment tribunal case after a judge ruled he quit his trust over the impact a reconfiguration would have had on his private work, not over patient safety.
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NewsPrivate provider shuts children's unit after regulators intervene
An independent provider is to stop providing children and adolescents’ mental health services at one of its units after NHS England and the Care Quality Commission said further action was needed to safeguard the “health and welfare” of patients.
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NewsGaps in 'critical' children's mental health services exposed
Children and young people are struggling to access mental health services, must navigate a fragmented landscape of provision and risk being placed in an inpatient unit many miles from home, a Care Quality Commissioner review has concluded.
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HSJ LocalNew trust chief prepared to 'take a hit' on funding over winter
An acute trust is preparing for winter by reducing elective inpatient orthopaedic work for up to six months despite knowing its finances will “take a hit”, its chief executive has said.
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HSJ LocalCCG given months to find 111 provider after private firm cuts contract
The private company operating NHS 111 and GP out of hours services in East Kent is to hand back the contract even earlier than previously planned – leaving commissioners to find an alternative provider to cover the winter.
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NewsRevealed: Third private children's unit closes on safety grounds
A third privately run mental health unit for children and adolescents was forced to close to new patients following safety concerns earlier this year, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalTrust lost half its radiologists in private work row
Nearly half the radiologists at a hospital trust left the provider in a row about private sector work, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: CCG resists Virgin Care demands for more money
Virgin Care has demanded more money for a controversial prime provider contract it signed with commissioners in Staffordshire last year, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCygnet named in new care model despite serious failings at hospital
NHS England named Cygnet Health Care as a partner in a new care model for young people’s mental health 10 days after inspectors found serious failings at its hospital in Woking that led to the temporary closure of its adolescents’ psychiatric intensive care unit.
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NewsExclusive: Second private hospital stops taking new patients after CQC concerns
A second mental health unit run by Cygnet Health Care closed to new admissions in July after the Care Quality Commission raised serious concerns, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS private patient income predicted to grow every year to 2020
Income from private patient work carried out by NHS run units will grow by more than 5 per cent in each of the next three calendar years, researchers have predicted.