A £5 billion deal to extend the use of the private sector to treat NHS patients is being blocked by the Treasury according to reports from inside the NHS. The … Read more
Hospitals
NHS England is to enter into a historic deal with the private sector to provide thousands more beds, extra ventilators and additional staff as the health service attempts to fight against the … Read more
A patient safety inquiry has been launched after the IT company, Cerner, a private contractor, failed to send more than 28,000 pieces of confidential medical correspondence to GPs, according to the … Read more
After a wave of industrial action, facilities workers at Imperial College Healthcare NHS trust are to be brought back in-house, meaning hundreds of outsourced cleaning and catering staff will be … Read more
Synlab has been announced as the preferred bidder for a 15 year pathology contract worth £2.25 billion covering a large part of central and south London. The German company has … Read more
The Independent reports that the number of British people choosing to pay for private hospital surgery has soared with the total amount spent doubling in six years to £1.1bn. According … Read more
HSJ reports that NHS England and Improvement have allocated millions of pounds to outsource elective and diagnostic work to the independent sector, in an attempt to keep waiting lists down during … Read more
The Sunday Mirror revealed that NHS cancer care and kids’ treatments are up for grabs, in contrast to Boris Johnson ’s repeated election campaign denials. Among the service contracts being offered are … Read more
On a live radio interview, Dominic Raab was forced to admit co-authoring a pamphlet advocating increased privatisation in the NHS. The Foreign Secretary appeared as one of five authors of … Read more
One: Matt Hancock, Michael Gove and others have been travelling the country repeating the claim that the Johnson government has launched “the largest hospital building plan in a generation, with … Read more
Maryfield Court, a private mental health hospital, has been rated “inadequate” and put into special measures by the Care Quality Commission. The hospital in Manchester is used for NHS patients … Read more
Hundreds of people have signed the petition against the sale of the Brighton General Hospital site – the plan is to protest outside Hove Town Hall and then hand in … Read more
Keep our NHS Public Oxfordshire (KONPOX) has written to the chair of Parliament’s Health Select Committee – Sarah Wollaston MP – requesting that Oxford University Hospitals Trust keep the contract … Read more
An investigation by HSJ has found that hospital trusts are continuing to allow patients to pay to have procedures which are banned or tightly restricted on the NHS. The news … Read more
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will see more than 300 hospital staff going on strike this week in a dispute over what has been described as the “backdoor privatisation” of … Read more
As the summer hots up, hospital trusts are busy making plans for how they are going to cope with the coming winter. A regular feature of these plans is buying … Read more
Warrington South MP Faisal Rashid approved of the action of Warrington and Halton Hospitals Trust to stop charging ‘low clinical priority’ patients for operations. The service-My Choice-charged staggering amounts for … Read more
NHS England has estimated that over 50% NHS consultants do private work. These consultants get profit from surgery they perform in the private sector and this includes cancer treatment. There … Read more
It has been reported 371 NHS consultants have shares in private hospitals, where they can refer patients when waiting times are too high. There are concerns as to whether this … Read more
The surgery performed in private hospitals is largely NHS consultants during their non-NHS hours. There is huge competition between private and public hospitals for referrals. Private hospitals have been providing … Read more
