All Independent providers articles – Page 9
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NewsNHSE agrees confidential settlement in overcharging allegations row
NHS England has agreed a settlement with one of the country’s largest clinical waste companies following allegations of “substantial overcharging”.
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News‘Inadequate’ mental health hospital placed into special measures
A mental health hospital has been placed into special measures by the Care Quality Commission after inspectors found more than 500 instances of restraint and dozens of unexplained serious incidents.
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News‘Reprehensible’ action by regulator sparks call for inquiry
Senior clinicians have called for a review into how hundreds of patients have been left without intravenous food after action by the medical regulator severly curtailed its supply.
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NewsDozens of patients admitted in feed supply emergency
Dozens of patients including children have now been admitted to hospital because of the national shortage of intravenous food supplies for patients who cannot eat normal food, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE declares emergency over IV shortage
The shortage of intravenous feed supplies affecting hundreds of patients across the country has been declared a national emergency incident by NHS leaders.
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NewsRegulator accused of presiding over 'utter shambles' says it was 'duty bound' to act on IV supplies
A regulator has defended its actions which caused delays to the supply of life-saving intravenous feed for hundreds of patients with HSJ learning some are now being admitted to hospital.
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NewsPatients wait more than 150 weeks for treatment at teaching hospital
Patients waiting more than 150 weeks for treatment, clinicians resisting outsourcing and mass breaches of the 52-week waiting time target at a large teaching hospital have been revealed by reports released under the Freedom of Information Act.
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NewsNHS England hired consultancy to find out what it is responsible for
NHS England paid external consultants more than £200,000 to ‘map’ its responsibilities ahead of the merger with NHS Improvement, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts charging for ops restricted on the NHS
Hospital trusts are continuing to allow patients to pay to have procedures which are banned or tightly restricted on the NHS, sparking a protest letter from NHS England.
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NewsTrust owed £46m by overseas private patients
A specialist trust is owed £45.9m by international private patients, HSJ can reveal.
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News£920k payout in warring surgeons case
A clinical director was dismissed from his job at a district general hospital after a subordinate raised concerns about him performing “unsafe” private work, a tribunal has revealed.
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NewsTeaching hospital to open private clinic with major US healthcare provider
A large teaching trust has teamed up with Oxford University and a major US healthcare provider to launch a new private diagnostics clinic in London.
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NewsFT outsources more than 100 patients to private sector for chemotherapy
A foundation trust is outsourcing more than 100 patients to a private facility for chemotherapy.
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NewsPrivate hospitals safety warning after patient death
A coroner has issued warnings over safety at private hospitals after a patient referred out of the NHS by his consultant died following surgery.
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HSJ LocalRevealed: Impact of private provider's 'hard exit' from contract
Patients will see their treatment delayed by a private provider’s “hard exit” from a major treatment centre after a clinical commissioning group chose not to extend its contract for a smoother transition, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsIndependent inquiry into CQC whistleblower claims
The Care Quality Commission has announced a former civil servant will carry out an independent inquiry into a former inspector’s claims that reports of poor care at Whorlton Hall hospital were not acted on.
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NewsMental health provider rated 'inadequate' after abuse allegations
The Care Quality Commission has rated an independent mental health hospital as “inadequate”, just 15 months after it was rated as “good”, and following abuse allegations being raised.
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NewsCash-strapped trust made £10m sale to subsidiary company
A prominent foundation trust recorded nearly £10m in income by selling scanning equipment to a company it owns, which in turn had borrowed the money from the NHS parent organisation, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTeaching hospital outsources long waiters
A hospital trust is to outsource more than 100 surgeries as it tries to bring its waiting list under control.
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NewsWaiting list plans could see 250k patients referred to private care
An estimated extra quarter of a million patients a year could be referred to the private sector under new waiting list rules, HSJ analysis has revealed.