All Independent providers articles – Page 44
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Kent PCT to end treatment centre deal with Care UK
COMMERCIAL: NHS West Kent has opted to close the Mid Kent Treatment Centre, which is run on its behalf by independent provider Care UK, due to “sufficient alternative capacity”.
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Northampton General joins forces with the private sector
COMMERCIAL: Northampton General Hospital NHS trust has announced a partnership with private healthcare provider Avery Healthcare to provide 22 “transitional care” beds at its Cliftonville Care Centre.
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Private sector prefered bidder announced for south west pathology partnership
COMMERCIAL: Integrated Pathology Partnerships has been announced as the preferred bidder for a new pathology service for two south west acute trusts.
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NewsNHS-university partnerships can 'resist' competition, says chair
NHS providers which have formed partnerships with universities can better “resist” competition from the independent sector, according to a senior clinician.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow NHS collaboration with the pharma industry could benefit both players
The challenge to find cost-savings while innovating services presents issues for both the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry to address, but an opportunity to collaborate could bring them closer together for the benefit of all. PA Consulting Group colleagues Dr Stephen Black and Ian Rhodes explain.
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NewsSocial enterprises condemn 'slap in the face' over PCT properties
Social enterprises have been left out of plans to allow NHS providers to take over community service properties, in a move condemned as a “slap in the face” for the government’s Big Society agenda.
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HSJ KnowledgeOut of the darkness: how quality assessment can improve out of hours care
Quality assessment helps remove disparity between out of hours and daytime care, improving performance and patients’ experience of their local health services, say Urgent Health UK medical director Simon Abrams and chair Mark Reynolds.
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News'Expert' social enterprises still important to healthcare services
A charity that supports local entrepreneurs has insisted that the NHS must remain as an all-encompassing healthcare system but social organisations could do more to provide services traditionally offered by the NHS.
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NewsExclusive: the Christie plans national 'chain' of cancer centres
Specialist cancer hospital The Christie Foundation Trust is considering plans which could see it open branded treatment and diagnostic centres across England, in partnership with a private sector provider.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow third sector hospital ownership is keeping healthcare close to home
The transfer of an NHS community hospital to charitable ownership is helping provide key healthcare services to users closer to home, as Alison Moore discovers.
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NewsPatent warning for doctors over genetic tests
Increasing use of diagnostic genetic tests could put NHS doctors and managers in the firing line for infringing patents, it was claimed today.
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NewsNHS lags behind in social enterprise drive
Reality of opening up health services social enterprises not living up to government rhetoric, King’s Fund argues
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NewsDH rejects 'competition expansion' claim
The Department of Health has rejected claims that recently published guidance for commissioners includes a change in policy causing a “potential massive expansion in competition”.
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CommentWhat the new healthcare environment holds for clinical negligence indemnity
Changes ushered in by the Health Bill will mean indemnity contracts between providers and commissioners will need to be considered carefully and satisfy both sides before being set in place. Medical Defence Union chief executive Dr Christine Tomkins explains.
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NewsDH wants more transparency in NHS procurement
The Department of Health has signalled a move to more transparent NHS procurement system in its response to a public accounts committee report that claimed it offered poor value.
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News'Financial reward' kidney donation comment sparks row
People should be allowed to sell their kidneys for £28,000 to tackle a shortage of donors, a researcher has suggested.
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NewsCommissioners 'excessively constraining' patient choice
Commissioners are restricting patient choice and choking competition in routine elective care, the Cooperation and Competition Panel has found.
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NewsPoor reporting on quality 'letting down' NHS - Sir Bruce
Dozens of hospitals, most of them run by the independent sector, have been criticised by the NHS medical director after failing to report information against a key quality priority.
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NewsThe conditions that boost the independent sector
Since it’s inception in 1948, the NHS has enjoyed a virtual monopoly on healthcare provision in the UK, writes BDO adviser Rupert Dunbar-Rees.
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NewsPrivate hospital spend varies widely, study shows
Significant variations exist in the proportion of work primary care trusts commission from independent sector providers, a study shared with HSJ reveals.