The Guardian reports that questions are being asked of Kate Bingham, chair of the government’s vaccine taskforce, over whether she will benefit from a $65m (£49m) UK taxpayer-backed investment into … Read more
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The Guardian reports that in what appear to be a breach of the law, the government has failed to publish any information about £4bn of Covid-related contracts awarded to private … Read more
The Times has reported that Kate Bingham, head of the government’s vaccine taskforce, has failed to publicly declare that she manages private investments in two companies involved in the race … Read more
An analysis by the Open Contracting Partnership and Spend Network has found that the UK has spent more than £2.5bn on services and equipment related to the Covid-19 pandemic. The … Read more
The chief officer driving through the merger of five CCGs in Norfolk and Waveney boasts in a letter to a local councillor of having had responses from 245 members of … Read more
Simon Stevens, the NHS England chief executive present when discussion and decision to not publish a 2015 report that brought to light concerns about children’s cancer care in London. Despite … Read more
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
A coroner has issued warnings over safety at private hospitals after a patient referred out of the NHS by his consultant died following surgery. Businessman and father-of-two Simon Healey died from sepsis … Read more
Concordia Specialist Care Services has terminated a contract to provide dermatology services two months early and at very short notice. The work was picked up by an NHS provider after … Read more
Virgin Care has pulled out of a controversial contract with a financially-challenged clinical commissioning group in the West Midlands, HSJ has learned. In a letter sent yesterday, the private provider … 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
An MP on the health committee said he had received a complaint from a tech company that said it had been “categorically ignored” by the NHS England director at the … Read more
A governance review into a troubled clinical commissioning group has highlighted concerns over potential conflicts of interest, a disconnect with local GPs, and estate so poor that a roof caved … Read more
The most recent examples of conflict of interest between politicians and private companies gaining contracts in the NHS is contracts issued for PPE and other goods and services during the … Read more
There are a number of issues surrounding accountability, or rather a lack of accountability, for the non-NHS organisations that win contracts. Freedom of Information NHS organisations – trusts, CCGs and … Read more
One of the most serious affects of outsourcing in the NHS that has been observed is a decline in the quality and safety of care. Quality and safety are linked … Read more
The collapse of multiple contracts held by Allied Healthcare and its subsidiaries has led to four clinical commissioning groups appointing new organisations to run GP out of hours services. In … Read more
HSJ reports that the consultancy firm Accenture is very likely to face “big penalties” after a software upgrade led to the complete shutdown of the NHS email service. A well … 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
Capita failed to deliver over 47,000 cervical cancer screening letters to patients – an issue it knew about two months before informing NHS England. The private company admitted to Pulse … Read more
