Boots and LIVI expand partnership
Boots UK and digital healthcare provider LIVI have formed a new long-term partnership to enable patients to remotely access a Boots pharmacist via LIVI’s app. Patients will be able to … Read more
Boots UK and digital healthcare provider LIVI have formed a new long-term partnership to enable patients to remotely access a Boots pharmacist via LIVI’s app. Patients will be able to … Read more
HSJ reports that the NHS’ property company (NHSPS) has taken the maintenance of many community hospitals and GP surgeries in-house, after years of the services being delivered by a private … 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
The HSJ reports that twelve support staff including some senior managers say they have been “cast aside” unexpectedly after a new provider took over the contract for their service. The … Read more
HSJ reports that Livi, which provides remote consultations to the NHS and across Europe through an app, has recorded a 107 per cent increase in consultations from 1 February to … Read more
HSJ reports that Nottingham University Hospitals Trust could move cancer operations to the private sector as it prepares for a surge in coronavirus cases. The trust has already stopped its … 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
In mid-March 2020, NHS England issued a confidential 48-hour tender for the immediate provision of online primary care consultation to help the health service cope with patient demand in the … Read more
According to the German newspaper Die Welt, the Trump administration offered “large sums of money” to a German biopharmaceutical firm to move its research on a coronavirus vaccine to the USA. The company, … Read more
A contract for the care of children with autism is to be the subject of an independent review triggered by NHS England. The review will examine the oversight and management … Read more
CQC inspectors have rated an adolescent mental health unit as “inadequate” and highlighted a series of failings, including treatment of a patient and children being dragged across the floor. The … Read more
A review is underway of ultrasound scans for around 1,800 patients following concerns about the “quality and safety” of work carried out by two sonographers employed by the independent provider, … 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
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
Babylon Health and the Royal Wolverhampton Trust have announced a 10 year deal to develop what they are calling a new model of healthcare. The first services are expected to … Read more
Bath and North East Somerset council is taking back control of adult social care provision after a long pay dispute between care workers and the contractor, Sirona. Sirona’s contract covered … Read more
Tighter restrictions on access to mental health services mean that thousands of young patients are being denied care, leading to a large rise in the numbers turning up in A&E, … 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