Commissioning

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Further Reading

Gloomy news behind the hype for private hospitals

The business press and private sector spin doctors are doing their best to talk up the growth of the private hospital sector despite increasing signs that the prices of private ... Read more

HSJ investigation reveals the ICBs most reliant on private hospitals

An investigation by HSJ has found that up to 20 per cent of NHS elective patients are now being treated by private hospitals in some areas. There has been an ... Read more

Fresh increase in NHS spending on private providers

The latest Department of Health and Social Care Annual Report and Accounts (2022-23) have updated the published figures on NHS spending on private sector and non-NHS providers. They show that the private ... Read more

NHS risks losing specialty to private sector, says royal college

The president of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists has sparked a row with independent sector bosses after warning ophthalmology risks becoming largely privatised unless NHS England radically changes the specialty’s ... Read more

ICB tenders £1.8bn contract to shake-up community services

Bath, North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board is advertising a contract worth around £1.8bn in what will represent a major shake-up of community health services, and the ... Read more

Decisions over outsourcing in the NHS

Competitive tendering for contracts in the NHS is set to reduce significantly once the new framework for the procurement of health services – the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) – launches in January ... Read more

Trust boss accuses Omnes of ‘overpromising and underdelivering’

Mid and South Essex Foundation Trust recently discovered at least 1,000 cases were being returned to the trust from independent provider Omnes Healthcare following “complications” with a pathway for ear, ... Read more

APMS contract retendered following concerns about overuse of PAs

An ICB has decided to re-tender an APMS contract currently run by Operose Health, following concerns around overuse of non-GP staff. North Central London ICB will not renew the contract ... Read more

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