All Independent providers articles – Page 47
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NewsCo-op launches public sector advice venture
Advice on alternative ways of delivering public sector services is to be offered by the Co-operative Group, it has been announced.
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NewsExclusive: Britnell responds to 'privatisation' storm
“The vast majority” of NHS care will “always and quite rightly” be provided by “public sector organisations and paid for out of taxation”, according to the man at the heart of a storm over accusations of NHS privatisation.
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NewsCameron defends NHS reforms
The prime minister has restated the case for the government’s NHS reforms and sought to clarify the plans for competition in the NHS.
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NewsClinical networks to respond to competition fears
Clinical networks could be given a more prominent role to address fears that greater NHS competition will lead to service fragmentation and greater variations in standards of care.
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HSJ Local
Multimillion pound commissioning support tender suspended
FINANCE: A multi-million pound tender process for development support for commissioning consortia across London has been “suspended indefinitely”.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow health sector and independent sector partnerships can bring mutual benefits
A partnership between the NHS and an independent provider to deliver diagnostic services provides a case study into the opportunities - and challenges - commissioners have ahead of them. InHealth director of strategy Patrick Carter explains.
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General healthcare boss backs price competition
The head of the UK’s largest private healthcare group has insisted he does want to compete on price with NHS hospitals, and it would be “madness” to prohibit price competition.
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NewsNHS Blood and Transplant in price freeze pledge
NHS Blood and Transplant has pledged to freeze the price of blood for the next three years.
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NewsNHS funding model is no longer 'resilient' - Britnell
Mark Britnell, a member of the group called in to advise prime minister David Cameron on the NHS reforms, writes for HSJ on why a serious debate is needed over the way the NHS is funded.
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CommentMark Britnell: the NHS funding model is no longer 'resilient'
A sophisticated discussion on how – and how much – the health service should be funded is badly needed to avoid undoing two decades worth of progress.
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NewsJoint pathology venture fairly awarded, CCP decides
A foundation trust did not breach competition principles in selecting a public/private partnership for its pathology services, the NHS market regulator has found.
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Transferred employees feel 'marooned'
Clinicians who transferred from the NHS to work in independent treatment centres feel “marooned” and worry about standards of care, according to research.
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NewsExclusive: hospital trust considers private franchise
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital has become the third NHS trust to consider becoming privately managed after admitting it cannot achieve foundation status in the short term.
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NewsNHS outsourcing shows significant savings, lobby group claims
NHS data shows commissioners save significant amounts on support services when they buy most of their hotel and estates management from the private sector, a lobby group for the outsourcing industry has claimed.
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NewsUnitedHealth pulls out of UK primary care provision
American private health insurance giant UnitedHealth is pulling out of the UK market for primary care provision, saying it wants to focus on its commissioning support business.
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NewsReforms listening review 'not PR move'
The review of the government’s planned NHS reforms is not just a public relations move, the man in charge of evaluating choice and competition in the health service has said.
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HSJ Local
Hinchingbrooke franchise deal delayed
STRUCTURE: Independent sector provider Circle’s deal to run Hinchingbrooke hospital as a franchise has been held up due to a delay in ministerial sign off.
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NewsAdult social care 'faces £1bn cut'
Spending on adult social care is to be slashed by around £1bn this year as councils struggle to cope with budget cuts at a time of increased need, new figures show.
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NewsUnions to meet NHS Blood Service over privatisation
Union leaders are to meet officials at the NHS Blood Service as part of their campaign against any moves to privatise the organisation.
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NewsPrivate providers to share training costs - Lansley
The health secretary has said the private sector should be subject to the “same obligations” regarding education and training as NHS providers.