An out of hours provider has been forced to end provision of services across the East Midlands after it announced it intends to file for administration. Central Nottinghamshire Clinical Services … Read more
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A 16,000 patient practice has been left on a short-term interim contract after six of the seven APMS providers invited by NHS England to tender for the contract pulled out … Read more
The BMA report, Privatisation and independent sector provision of NHS healthcare, calls for research into how the growing role of private providers in the NHS is affecting patients and doctors. Private … Read more
Hundreds of patients including people with cancer and kidney failure have missed important appointments for treatment because ambulances did not arrive to take them to hospital, after privatisation of NHS … Read more
NHS England has paid £165,000 for a contract that has seen a private provider carry out just one out-of-area GP patient home visit and 18 phone consultations since last July. … Read more
Patients are facing an uncertain future after a private company that runs health care services in east Cleveland revealed it was in financial difficulty. The future of Marske Medical Centre is in … Read more
The loss of a £126m contract to another provider could cause multiple staffing and patient care issues, a trust has said. An impact assessment prepared by Kent Community Health Foundation … Read more
NHS England’s moratorium on commissioning new specialised mental health services helped deliver new demand and a return to real terms growth for independent providers, according to new research. Market analysts … Read more
A legal challenge from a private provider has forced commissioners to undertake a full procurement process for several GP services in Hull. As part of a wider plan for primary … Read more
NHS privatisation in England has increased dramatically since the Health and Social Care Act was passed in 2012. The most recent official figures show that in 2013-14 the NHS paid £6.6bn to … Read more
The patriotically named Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) has seen a big opportunity in working with the NHS since 2006. The company has formed what it calls HCA NHS Ventures, which are … Read more
Trade Unions representing half a million NHS workers have warned that a “surge in privatisation” of the health service risks creating a system based on ability to pay, rather than … Read more
A leaked report has said that callers to out-of-hours GP services run by Integrated Care 24 (IC24) faced waits of more than 12 hours and this posed a “significant risk … Read more
Private provider Care UK has won a five-year contract for healthcare services at Wormwood Scrubs prison in West London. The firm will provide primary care, dentistry, optometry, physiotherapy and podiatry … Read more
Private NHS contractor ‘boots out patients before finishing treatment to meet targets’ (Mirror: 21 July 2015) Private providers of out-of-hours GP services deliver poorer care than NHS, research finds (The Independent: 30 … Read more
NHS competition could waste millions says Labour, after Care UK complains (The Guardian: 23 August 2015) Practices closures set to widen GP privatisation (Pulse: 9 September 2014) Monitor angers CCGs with … Read more
Bupa ‘harming NHS’ by offering patients “bribes” of £2k to use public services instead of private hospitals (Mirror: 8 April 2014) MP says going private could undermine NHS (This is Cornwall: … Read more
Nottingham dermatology privatisation ‘unmitigated disaster’ (4 June 2015: BBC News) Potential risk of private contract to Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust laid out in impact assessment (Health Investor: 7 January 2015) “Appalling” … Read more
NHS patients sent for treatment at smaller private hospitals ‘put at risk due to unsafe staffing and facilities’ (Independent: 30 November 2015) Bedford refuses to sign Circle MSK contract (HSJ: 7 November … Read more
Nineteen NHS patients have had the outcome of their cataract surgery reviewed after at least two had problems with their eyes following operations at a private hospital. The private provider concerned has … Read more
