All Independent providers articles – Page 30
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NewsCBI developing 'industry FOI' for private providers
Business leaders are preparing transparency guidelines for private companies running public services
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CommentPublic health must lead a public system
Why we need 21st century “national health socialism”
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HSJ Local
Guildford private hospital apologises for surgery 'failings'
PERFORMANCE: A private hospital has suspended children’s surgery after the health watchdog raised “serious concerns” about the service.
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CommentWhere next for competition in the NHS?
A look at the practical impact of the section 75 regulations
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HSJ Local
Virgin wins fifth prison healthcare contract
COMMERCIAL: Virgin Care has won a contract to manage comprehensive primary care services for prisoners at HMP Bullingdon, in a deal worth £6.6m to the private provider over three years.
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NewsCircle sees operating loss increase to £29m
Circle, the private company running Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust, has posted an operating loss of £29.3m for 2012, according to company accounts.
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CommentThatcher ducked the NHS fight, we have to face it
Thatcher’s handling of the NHS offers lessons for reformers
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NewsExclusive: 'Market' consulted about taking over parts of Mid Staffs
The special administrators of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust are to launch a “market engagement exercise” asking whether other providers - including in the private sector - would be interested in taking on its services, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsFair playing field review targets commissioner behaviour
Monitor this week published a suite of recommendations aimed at encouraging commissioners to allow providers to compete more to supply NHS care. The healthcare sector regulator concluded opportunities to compete were being “unduly limited” by existing commissioning practices.
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HSJ KnowledgeEarly lessons from England's first AHSNs
Lessons from the academic health science networks’ application process
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HSJ KnowledgeTaking a new approach to alcohol treatment
Rethinking funding and care pathways for specialist treatment
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Comment
Readers' letters - 21 March 2013
Concern that NHS staff feel they have to comment anonymously online, and a reader makes a recommendation
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HSJ Local
Trust named as preferred supplier to Circle NTC
Circle has identified Nottingham University Hospitals Trust as the preferred supplier of staff and services to the Nottingham Treatment Centre.
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SupplementsDistance learning - an HSJ telehealth supplement
The UK is facing a variety of health and social care challenges − an ageing population, a growing number of people in long-term care and an economic squeeze on public services.
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CommentCompetition, conspiracy and cock-ups
The row over the section 75 regulations has been chaotic
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HSJ KnowledgeExploring how new NHS organisations will collaborate
How HWBs and AHSN will help each other