Privatising the NHS is wrong. It’s wrong because it wastes billions of pounds of taxpayers’ hard-earned money, it’s wrong because it has been proven to be less efficient, and it’s … Read more
Private Providers
Our work and news stories on private providers.
Donald Trump has recently stated that the NHS could become involved in the discussions about the US-UK post-Brexit trade agreement. Last year John Appleby, chief economist of the Nuffield Trust … Read more
Two G4S ambulance crew members have been suspended after it was found that they had left a voicemail message for a vulnerable patient in which they suggested they could “beat … Read more
Nigel Farage has said private health companies should “relieve the burden” on the NHS, the UK ought to limit efforts to curb global warming, and defended anti-immigrant posters, as the … Read more
Relying on private tech firms to innovate is a mistake – and the dependencies it creates are a key part of the NHS privatisation process. This week, Health Secretary Matt … Read more
Private hospitals should be encouraged to publish information on their safety, according to the leader of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, to prevent another scandal like the one … Read more
NHS bosses have made a significant U-turn over plans to privatise cancer scanning services after outcry from MPs, doctors and patients. The rethink means the two scanners used for the … Read more
Three bidders have been shortlisted for one of the biggest NHS pathology contracts, HSJ can reveal. Last September, the South East London pathology programme board launched a procurement for a new provider … Read more
According to HSJ, the NHS App which was designed to be a digital “front door” for all NHS patients is actually unable to connect with any current providers of online … Read more
Babylon, one of Britain’s most prominent digital health start-ups, is trying to raise about $400m, the FT reports. The company spent more than $75m last year on a rapid expansion, … Read more
Digital practice GP at Hand has been cleared to expand into Birmingham, reports the HSJ, following the removal of an objection by NHS England. The Clinical Commissioning Group, which hosts … Read more
Other health services could be jeopardised by the costs associated with the Babylon GP at Hand practice if these are not mitigated, say the host CCG, Hammersmith and Fulhum. The … Read more
A firm profiting from patients who cannot get to an NHS dentist because of cuts is being endorsed by Health Secretary Matt Hancock. Access MyDentist targets areas with big shortages of … Read more
Private online GP provider Push Doctor has partnered with two primary care networks in Birmingham, giving 88,000 NHS patients access to video consultations. In the announcement today, Push Doctor said … Read more
A senior official in the UK’s taxpayer-funded National Health Service has sparked fresh controversy over a “revolving door” between the public and private sectors, after she announced her departure for … Read more
Urgent care covers the NHS 111 services, walk-in centres and out-of-hours (OOH) GP services. There have been a number of failures with contracts awarded to private providers. Most recently, the … Read more
Some of the country’s worst care homes are owned by companies that have made a total profit of £113m despite some of the vulnerable people they are supposed to look … Read more
Mary Parkes once enjoyed weekly visits to her local Catholic church, evenings playing bingo and days spent in the company of her close-knit circle of friends. But in the last … Read more
Thousands of patients could be left without GP out of hours services after a cash-strapped private provider said it would cease operations by the end of the month. Primecare, a … Read more
Allied Healthcare is seeking to transfer or sell all of its home care contracts to other providers in the wake of CQC’s damning notice on its finances. The care regulator issued … Read more
