All Private sector articles – Page 20
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NewsSix hospitals plummeted to ‘inadequate’ in wake of Whorlton Hall
The Care Quality Commission has rated six mental health hospitals “inadequate”, just months after describing them as either “good” or “outstanding”, since the Whorlton Hall scandal was revealed.
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NewsRegulator acts after potential ‘risk to human health’ at warehouse
Safety steps have been taken at a warehouse unlawfully filled with more than 400 tonnes of NHS clinical waste after the Environment Agency raised concerns over a potential “significant risk to human health”, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHSI efficiency chief oversaw consultancy work of firm he was joining
NHS Improvement’s former director of procurement continued to be involved in a £400,000 project led by a management consultancy, despite having accepted a job with the firm.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Corporate whistleblowing
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsTrust and telecoms giant may use patient phone data to predict crises
A Spanish corporation and an NHS trust are researching whether patients’ mobile data could be used to predict mental health crises.
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NewsChildren’s flu programme back on track after delays
Officials have restarted the distribution of a Flu vaccine for one million children following “concerning delays”.
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CommentSwindells: politicians are fighting a 40 year-old battle over the NHS
The next wave of healthcare transformation will be a multi-industry partnership, writes Matthew Swindells
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NewsExclusive: Private finance scheme for the NHS scrapped
A much-vaunted scheme to use private investment for NHS capital projects has been officially scrapped, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingProfiting from the bed shortage
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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NewsCelebrated trust rethinks subsidiary plans amid strike action
An acute trust may abandon its plans to set up a wholly owned subsidiary in the face of union opposition.
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HSJ LocalPrivate provider sees eighth site rated ‘inadequate’
Private healthcare provider Cygnet has accused the Care Quality Commission of publishing an “inaccurate picture”, after its eighth site was rated “inadequate” in just over a year.
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NewsExclusive: Labour will be ‘pragmatic’ on private outsourcing
Labour’s prospective health secretary says he will be a “pragmatist” when it comes to routine NHS operations being outsourced to private hospitals.
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FT considered selling on bad debt from private patients
Directors at a foundation trust considered selling on its bad debts from private and overseas patients for collection, board papers reveal.
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NewsThirteen regions yet to agree pathology model
Thirteen out of 29 regions have yet to formally commit to new pathology models, the latest update has revealed, although senior chiefs have declared the major efficiency scheme remains on track.
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NewsMPs: DHSC and regulators ‘failed miserably’ over quango
MPs have accused three national bodies of “failing miserably” to end long-standing problems with an NHS property company and its tenants.
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Expert BriefingDHSC orders reviews for autism and LD inpatients
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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Expert BriefingElection pledges could target left-behind STPs
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: On sovereignty south of the river
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsPrivate hospital used for overflow beds rated “inadequate”
A private mental health hospital, used by NHS trusts when there are no available beds, has been rated “inadequate” and put into special measures by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsAI trial delivers “really impressive” reduction in A&E demand
Commissioners in Yorkshire are to roll out a scheme which used artificial intelligence to help cut A&E attendances by a third in one patient group which received health coaching.