All Independent providers articles – Page 32
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NewsCircle wins Nottingham contract
Circle has been selected as preferred bidder to provide services from the Nottingham NHS treatment centre for a further five years, the company has announced.
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NewsPrivate sector and trusts vie for £500m pathology contracts
A radical shake-up of community pathology services which will see NHS trusts compete with private firms for contracts worth £500m has taken a major step forward after commissioners started a procurement process.
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Blogs
Helping tomorrow's healthcare innovators to thrive
As Jeremy Hunt sets more technology targets for the NHS, it’s time for the service to both help its own and look to others for the solutions to its problems.
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CommentThe dangers of marketisation
Competition will be a disaster for the NHS’s patients, finances and ethics
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NewsNHS austerity drives income fall for private mental health hospitals
The income of privately-run mental health hospitals fell by 3.3 per cent in 2011, driven by the start of the NHS’s unprecedented savings drive, according to a new report by market analysts Laing & Buisson.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhere next for independent treatment centres?
ISTCS are here to stay – even if as part of a takeover
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HSJ Local
MP sticks up for Virgin contract in Surrey
COMMERCIAL: Conservative MP for Woking Jonathan Lord claimed in a parliament debate last month that community services in part of Surrey had improved since they were taken over by Virgin.
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HSJ Local
Kent and Medway pens patient transport contract
COMMERCIAL: NHS Kent and Medway has chosen NSL Care to operate its non-emergency patient transport service.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe building blocks for integrated care
Six key building blocks are required for the delivery of integrated care
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NewsInterserve acquires healthcare business for £26.5m
A home health and care services business has been acquired by construction and support services giant Interserve for £26.5m.
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HSJ LocalSecond trust given permission to tender for a private management franchise
COMMERCIAL: George Eliot Hospital Trust has been given permission to go to market to seek a “strategic partner” to secure its long-term future.
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NewsHunt: I'm open to NHS or private sector solutions
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has told HSJ it is “not my job to hold a candle” for either NHS or private sector providers when deciding what is best for patients.
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Comment
Readers' letters - 6 December 2012
Support for Jeremy Hunt’s “technology revolution”, and an assertion that NHS providers are better placed than independent ones to provide integrated secure services
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NewsCircle chief executive Ali Parsa steps down
Ali Parsa has stepped down from his role as chief executive of Circle, the private healthcare provider that runs Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust, it was announced today.
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HSJ Local
Brighton signs contract with Sodexo
COMMERCIAL: Sodexo has won a contract to deliver soft facilities management services for Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust.
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HSJ Local
Serco plans to cut 137 community posts in Suffolk
WORKFORCE: Private healthcare firm Serco has announced proposals to cut 137 jobs at Suffolk Community Healthcare a month after taking over its management.
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CommentHow treatment centres have driven competition
An Institute for Fiscal Studies report makes interesting reading
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NewsReport reveals private care switch
A report into the impact of NHS reforms from the Labour government has revealed the proportion of patients seeing their local trust has significantly fallen, while those attending privately-owned centres has risen.
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BlogsProtecting the NHS brand or devaluing it?
Sir David Nicholson has had to defend the role of the NHS’s new “head of brand”
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HSJ KnowledgeHow do we define fair in commissioning?
The fuss over Monitor’s “fair playing field” review shows it is very timely