All Independent providers articles – Page 26
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NewsSpend the £250m elective fund or lose it, Stevens warns trusts
Trusts could lose their share of the £250m elective fund if they do not perform increased numbers of patient procedures, the chief executive of NHS England has warned.
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SupplementsEfficiency: Why trusts should think seriously about patient hotels
This week’s HSJ Efficiency supplement looks at the growing phenomenon of patient hotels
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CommentDe-industrialised Britain is the biggest loser of open trade
Debate over the US/EU partnership
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NewsMEPs urged to exempt NHS from trade deal
The leader of the country’s biggest union has written to all UK MEPs urging them to vote against a controversial EU-US trade deal if the NHS is not exempted.
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NewsNHS England top GP predicts end of 'independent contractor' concept
The concept of independent contractors in general practice will become “anachronistic” and “probably will have gone” within ten years, according to one of NHS England’s most senior GP leaders.
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NewsUpdated: Bupa joint venture wins £235m NHS contract
A £235m contract to provide NHS musculoskeletal services for West Sussex has been awarded to a joint venture between health insurance company Bupa and a community services social enterprise.
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CommentPrivate hospitals should not be singled out on patient safety
Independent providers have a good safety record
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NewsPrivate health firms report big increases in NHS work
Three private healthcare groups have revealed big increases in the work they are doing for the NHS.
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NewsCircle's Hinchingbrooke contract losses approach £5m limit
The losses built up by Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust in its first two years under private management are just £150,000 short of the £5m ceiling at which the contract could be terminated.
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CommentShine the light on what needs to change and the NHS will improve
Get rid of the ‘checklist’ culture
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Hinchingbrooke backtracks on controversial £50 referrals offer
The NHS hospital run by private provider Circle has been forced to withdraw an offer to pay local GPs a £50 ‘administrative fee’ for surgery referrals, claiming the proposal had been ‘misunderstood in some areas’.
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NewsExclusive: Provider ordered to pay whistleblower £80k compensation
A whistleblowing nurse has been awarded £80,000 by an employment tribunal that found she was unfairly dismissed after raising patient safety concerns
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NewsBig jump in private share of NHS community services market
The share of NHS community health service funding going to private providers has sharply increased in recent years, a new study reveals.
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HSJ LocalRecruitment struggle spells end for franchise rescue
The struggle of England’s smallest acute trust to recruit consultants played a major role in the decision to ditch its search for an independent sector management franchise to take it over, HSJ has been told.
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LeaderLeaders risk damage to the NHS if they just play to the gallery
Those understanding reform can avoid mistakes
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NewsVirgin Care is only GP provider not to respond to FOI request
The British Medical Association has called for freedom of information law to apply equally across all GP providers, after it emerged that Virgin Care was required by its contract with NHS England not to respond to requests.
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NewsSecond trust abandons private franchise option
A second district general hospital trust has ruled out being run by a private company under a franchise agreement.
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NewsNHS technology funding faces £60m shortfall
A £500m technology fund set up by NHS England to help hospitals move away from paper based systems appears to have been slashed by £60m, official documents suggest.
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NewsBed and breakfast used to free up mental health beds
A mental health trust forced to free up inpatient beds by discharging patients into bed and breakfast accommodation has seen its bill for the measure rocket five-fold in less than a year.