All Independent providers articles – Page 49
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NewsCouncil care better than private sector - CQC
The quality of private sector care is generally lower than in council-run facilities, the health regulator has warned.
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NewsCQC praises choice but warns on speed of improvements
People now have more choice over their care but improvements in quality have stalled in recent years, the Care Quality Commission has said.
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NewsNHS Professionals chief announces departure
NHS Professionals chief executive Neil Lloyd has announced he is stepping down at the end of April.
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NewsNHS IT contractor for sale
A healthcare software firm heavily involved in the government’s £12.7bn plan to update the NHS’s IT infrastructure has issued a “come and get us” plea to potential buyers.
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News£252m underactivity bill sparks renewed calls for contract renegotiations
The NHS has paid £252m to private providers for work that was never carried out, leading to renewed calls for contracts to be renegotiated.
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NewsWatch now: KPMG head of health on the challenges facing the NHS
Alastair McLellan interviews Andrew Hine, UK head of health, KPMG, on the issues facing the NHS in 2011.
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CommentMedia watch: someone needs to get a grip on reforms
There was little room for domestic issues amid wall to wall coverage of events in Libya and Japan in the papers this week, but nevertheless the Sunday Telegraph managed to maintain the pressure on health secretary Andrew Lansley.
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NewsNHS reforms 'could lead to US-style system'
The government’s health reforms will spell the end of the NHS and could lead to a US-style system, according to researchers.
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CommentStephen Eames: it's time to embrace disruption
We are entering a new phase of reform which some see as reckless tampering and others as the natural evolution of the NHS from a superstate behemoth to a consumer-driven 21st century business.
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NewsMPs told of budget topslicing 'risk'
Providers could face financial difficulties if commissioning consortia decide to topslice their budgets to create risk pools, the Commons health committee has heard.
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NewsBlood service privatisation criticised in Commons
Privatising parts of the National Blood Service could put people off donating as they would see companies profiting from their generosity, an MP said today.
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NHS Surrey opens sexual assault referral centre
Structure: A new Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) has been officially opened in Surrey, which will be run by the private provider Harmoni.
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NewsDepartment rejects blood services claims
The Department of Health has rejected claims that it plans to privatise areas of the NHS blood service.
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Moorfields abandons Abu Dhabi expansion plan
COMMERCIAL: Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust has abandoned a plan to expand its Dubai operation into Abu Dhabi.
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Comment'GPs run the risk of alienating themselves from their colleagues'
As the BMA gears up for a crisis meeting to debate the Health Bill, the chair of its consultant and specialists committee voices his fears of a huge split between members - and a ‘seething cauldron’ of competing providers in the future.
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NewsCompetition panel to rule on pathology deal
A foundation trust’s £300m deal with another trust and a private company to outsource pathology services has been challenged under procurement rules.
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NewsLib Dem MPs oppose health reforms
Two Liberal Democrat MPs have piled pressure on health secretary Andrew Lansley’s NHS shake-up plans by backing a Commons motion urging caution against how the reforms are implemented.
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NewsLansley fights back on competition
Andrew Lansley has replied to shadow health secretary John Healey attacking Labour’s record on competition and saying amendments to his bill would be tabled to make clear that there will be no price competition.
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CommentEffective regulation needs the right touch, at the right time
The chief executive of a troubled NHS trust recently remarked to me: “The problem was, we thought we worked for the regulators, not for our patients.”
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Hinchingbrooke continues to predict breakeven as deficit grows
FINANCE: Hinchingbrooke Health Care is reporting a cumulative deficit of £1.8m but still expects to breakeven at the end of the year thanks to financial recovery plan schemes.