All Private sector articles – Page 10
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HSJ Local
Supplier to ‘every NHS trust’ placed in special measures
Patients have come to avoidable harm after a large private provider failed to deliver thousands of medicine prescriptions, according to a report from the Care Quality Commission.
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News
NHS England warns provider it ‘will not tolerate’ further service failures
NHS England has told a large private provider it will ‘not tolerate failures’ after repeated concerns have been raised about its services.
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HSJ Local
Private provider fined after failing to disclose treatment errors
A private healthcare provider has been ordered to pay £20,000 after failing to disclose errors in the treatment of patients under the care of a surgeon.
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News
Three hospitals placed in special measures following infection control concerns
Three private mental health hospitals have been placed in special measures after the Care Quality Commission found concerns over infection control.
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News
Government paid £38m for covid diagnostics contract that was never signed
The government has paid out nearly £38.5m to a covid diagnostics supplier despite never signing a full contract with the firm.
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HSJ Partners
Supporting your Trust to implement Covid-19 recovery
Jonathan Wedgbury says collaboration with a private sector partner could help trusts deliver the speed of execution required and return to pre-pandemic activity levels
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HSJ Local
Consultant accused of ‘financial abuse of terminally ill patient’
A consultant has failed to get an injunction placed on a hospital trust investigating several allegations into his work, including that he improperly referred hospital patients to his private clinics.
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News
"Commercial partners" could take over "entirety" of planned imaging networks
New diagnostic imaging networks will be of such scale that they will be ‘significant operation businesses in their own right’ and will ‘need a distinct identity and arm’s length separation from the trusts’, NHS England has said.
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News
CQC tells provider to inform police of staff assault on patient
Allegations of staff assaulting patients at a mental health hospital have been uncovered for a second time, one year after the Care Quality Commission first raised concerns over potential abuse at the unit.
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News
‘Commercial’ approach needed to maximise value of NHS land being stifled by centre, says Naylor
A return to central control and a focus on system working is stifling the ‘commercial’ approach needed for the NHS to maximise the value of its land and buildings, Sir Robert Naylor has told HSJ.
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HSJ Partners
How data will underpin elective care recovery
It is imperative that we think now about how we prioritise our patients and deliver timely care to maximise safety and minimise risk, writes Doug Treanor
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Expert Briefing
The Download: NHSE regains control of national tech agenda
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by senior correspondent Nick Carding.
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News
Revealed: Trusts pay £15m to Serco in fallout from pathology deal
Two trusts have paid an outsourcing firm £15m to leave the joint venture which has provided their pathology services over the last 10 years, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: Inside an Epic implementation
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by senior correspondent Nick Carding.
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News
Greensill-owned NHS pay-advance firm goes into administration
An NHS agency has stepped in, as a company owned by collapsed finance firm Greensill that offered pay advances to more than 10,000 NHS staff has also gone into administration.
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News
New health promotion unit to use Singapore-style rewards to prompt people to be healthier
The new unit for national health improvement and promotion will use Singapore-style incentive schemes involving the private sector to encourage people to eat healthily and exercise more, HSJ understands.
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News
Test and Trace cuts 8,000 posts
The government’s Test and Trace service is cutting around 8,000 workers as covid cases continue to decline from the January peak, HSJ has learned.
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News
Regulator reveals ‘concerns’ over Babylon’s ‘chatbot’
A regulator has admitted “concerns” over the software Babylon Healthcare uses in one of its digital health solutions and is exploring how to address this.
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News
Royal College boss accuses major private provider of being ‘extremely uncooperative’ over training
A royal college lead has accused parts of the private sector — naming Spire Healthcare in particular — of being “extremely uncooperative” in facilitating the training of young clinicians.
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News
NHS starts digital transformation of high-volume specialty
The NHS has taken its first step towards redesigning ophthalmology care pathways, which includes better connecting primary and secondary care, HSJ can reveal.