All Independent providers articles – Page 53
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NewsMPs want power to scrutinise DH spending plans in detail
The Department of Health may have to start justifying its detailed spending plans to the Commons health committee, HSJ has learned.
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NewsDH confirms sale of Dr Foster Intelligence
The Department of Health has announced it is seeking to sell its stake in information analysts Dr Foster Intelligence.
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NewsFormer NHS chief attacks private health insurance 'lottery'
Former NHS chief executive Lord Nigel Crisp has attacked a lack of transparency in private health insurance policies, which he claims has created a “private healthcare lottery”.
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CommentIndependent contractors and the NHS
Are independent contractors really part of the NHS? The answer, traditionally, has been “yes, when convenient; no, when not”.
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NewsNHS estate and hotel services heavily outsourced
Almost one third of NHS estate and hotel service costs are now provided through contracts with the private sector, latest figures show.
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NewsOutsourcing quotas to drive mixed health services provider market
The Treasury has announced plans to “explore” setting quotas for outsourcing key health services.
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NewsMidlands trusts plan joint pathology service
The 2008 Lord Carter of Coles review of NHS pathology services was the trigger for a steady reconfiguration of the market and consolidation of providers.
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NewsPrivate companies gear up to take stake in stalled community hospitals
A private firm is planning to step in to fund 28 stalled community hospital projects, HSJ has learned.
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NewsBMA should 'rethink' private sector opposition
Doctors leaders should not block private sector involvement in healthcare provision, the body representing independent providers has said.
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CommentCompetition could change the face of healthcare
Competition could change the health landscape in the same way it did with gas, electricity and telecoms
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NewsPrivate tests 'need monitoring'
Regulators should have a bigger role in monitoring private companies offering body scans, genetic testing and medicines online, a report has said.
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NewsFuture RCGP leader issues warning on 'market expansion'
The government’s planned expansion of the “any willing provider” is the biggest issue concerning GPs, according to the chair elect of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
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NewsTransforming Community Services: PCTs step closer to deciding fate of provider arms
Primary care trusts are edging closer to determining the future of their provider arms.
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NewsCompetition will 'overshadow' white paper benefits - BMA
Extending NHS competition could undermine any potential benefits arising from the white paper, the British Medical Association has warned.
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NewsCosmetic surgery providers breach CQC rules
Hundreds of cosmetic surgery providers have breached Care Quality Commission rules by failing to respond to a national inquiry into patient outcomes and deaths.
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NewsPrivate company to run community hospital
A primary care trust has said it is the first in the country to appoint a private company to run a community hospital.
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NewsNicholson steps up reform with radical savings move
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has paved the way for primary care trusts to be merged as a means to make significant savings while implementing the health white paper.
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Comment'Charities need to provide much more for the NHS'
No one in healthcare doubts that the public debt crisis has initiated a period of radical change across the NHS. The essential challenge is to become more efficient and flexible.
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CommentNHS reorganisation: don't leave the patients behind
It could be the language that seals the deal. New Labour’s mission got lost in a technocratic haze, so a white paper more comfortable with the vernacular of the voluntary sector is helping patient groups swallow the pill of another reorganisation while showing genuine enthusiasm for the changes ahead.
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NewsBMA warned position on GP consortia may be illegal
GP consortia would be “unwise” and potentially acting illegally if they picked NHS organisations as providers of choice, the NHS Confederation has warned.