The seven year contract – with an option to extend for a further three years – is being jointly commissioned by Bath and North East Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group and … Read more
Commissioning
The NHS (Reinstatement) bill received its second reading in parliament last week. Its aim is to reverse the creeping privatisation of our health service. The 2012 Health and Social Care Act opened up … Read more
The controversial Cambridgeshire older people’s services contract collapsed because the provider expected to be paid substantially more than had been agreed in the deal, an audit has found. The investigation … Read more
Two private companies have been shortlisted in a procurement process for community and urgent care services in Lancashire. West Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group launched the tender after the Care Quality … Read more
NHS England has raised “grave concerns” and demanded action on the financial position of the clinical commissioning group reeling from the collapse of the £800m UnitingCare Partnership contract, HSJ has learned. The … Read more
A legal challenge from a private provider has forced commissioners to undertake a full procurement process for several GP services in Hull. As part of a wider plan for primary … Read more
Trade Unions representing half a million NHS workers have warned that a “surge in privatisation” of the health service risks creating a system based on ability to pay, rather than … Read more
Monitor has found against NHS commissioners in the first stage of a competition case, HSJ can reveal. Papers released this week indicate that the regulator, which is responsible for settling complaints about … Read more
An NHS contract worth £750m that collapsed in December after just eight months was effectively signed off by the regulator and NHS England, despite questions about its viability. The contract – the … Read more
NHS competition could waste millions says Labour, after Care UK complains (The Guardian: 23 August 2015) Practices closures set to widen GP privatisation (Pulse: 9 September 2014) Monitor angers CCGs with … Read more
Landmark £800m outcomes based contract collapses after eight months (HSJ: 3 December 2015) MPs round on ambulance firm Arriva after revelation it wrongly claimed £1.5m in bonuses (Manchester Evening News: 3 November … Read more
Nottingham dermatology privatisation ‘unmitigated disaster’ (4 June 2015: BBC News) Potential risk of private contract to Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust laid out in impact assessment (Health Investor: 7 January 2015) “Appalling” … Read more
An investigation into England’s clinical commissioning groups shows that many are commissioning from organisations in which board members are involved, Gareth Iacobuccireports Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in England have awarded hundreds … Read more
