The health secretary Matt Hancock today heaped praise on private firms and urged them to “join us” as he announced a new health body to replace Public Health England. He … Read more
Private Providers
Our work and news stories on private providers.
The story of Ian Paterson the rogue breast cancer surgeon who was allowed free reign to ruin thousands of lives over 17 years is now quite well known. You can … Read more
PAUL EVANS – director of the NHS Support Federation, comments Millions of patients had their treatment put on hold whilst the NHS battled Covid-19, and waited with considerable anxiety not knowing when … Read more
Out of sight of public scrutiny, dozens of private companies have been awarded contracts to carry out work for the NHS, much of which could have been carried out by … Read more
The Guardian reports that doctors, campaign groups, academics and MPs have raised concerns that the government is using the coronavirus pandemic to transfer key public health duties from the NHS and other … Read more
The HSJ reports in an exclusive that the Royal Wolverhampton Trust has become the first provider to sign a deal with Babylon Health for citywide coverage of a new covid-19 … Read more
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
InHealth has accused five CCGs of acting unlawfully in their decision to award a contract for community diagnostic services to a new provider last year. Brent, Central London, Ealing, Hammersmith … 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
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
The number of British people opting to pay for private surgery has surged with spending doubling to £1.1bn in six years. Widespread rationing and long waiting times have driven the … Read more
An analysis of contract awards published from April 2018 to end of March 2019 found that 74% were awarded to non-NHS organisations, which includes private companies, charities and not-for-profit organisations. … Read more
After the company’s bad performance in Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Cambridgeshire, and the loss of a NHS contract in Nottingham Treatment Centre, the Circle Health is buying up Britain’s biggest private … 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
The labour Party has released 451 pages of official documents that undermine Boris Johnson’s claim that healthcare is “not on the table” in UK and US trade talks. The documents … Read more
A study by the Centre for Health and Public Interest has revealed that £1.5 billion a year is lost to rental payments, interest on loans and profits. This equates to … Read more
A judge of an employment tribunal ruled that St Andrew’s Healthcare, a large mental health provider, unfairly dismissed a nurse with a record of whistleblowing because it feared he was … Read more
Channel 4’s Dispatches programme has revealed that senior British civil servants have met with representatives from a US companies to discuss the NHS in post-Brexit trade negotiations. US drug company … Read more
Babylon health plans to expand its virtual GP service to Manchester after its reported success in attracting NHS patients to use its GP at Hand business. The private company, which … Read more
Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have found 28 mental health units run by private companies to be “inadequate” in the past three years, leading to fears that vulnerable … Read more
