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 … Read more
Privatisation
Sunak seeks powers to boost flagging private sector
According to a recent report in the (£paywalled) Times, Rishi Sunak’s so-called “elective recovery task force,” steered no doubt by its private sector … Read more
Going private is no workforce strategy
With no long-term NHS workforce strategy on the horizon, the government’s default policy on slashing elective waiting lists – pushing … Read more
Wake-up call on NHS staffing crisis, but what is the plan?
This week the health and select committee within Parliament confirmed what everyone working in the NHS already knows – it has a … Read more
No private firms to sit on Integrated Care Boards
Health Minister Edward Argar has agreed to table a government amendment to the Health and Care Bill that would prevent private interests … Read more
White Paper: power grab, sea change or cementing in the status quo?
Some of the headlines and reports on the leaked draft White Paper outlining plans for a new top-down reorganisation of the NHS … Read more
NHS and social care: manifesto 2019 check
Election manifestos are not the place to find detailed health policies, but they do give an insight into how the … Read more
Underfunded NHS forcing trusts to turn to private services says MP
Warrington South MP Faisal Rashid has said that NHS underfunding is ‘forcing’ trusts to set up private services. The MP … Read more
CQC – Signs of improvement but concerns remain about the safety and quality of independent ambulance services
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is calling on independent ambulance services, commissioners and the wider system to do more to … Read more
Halt privatisation of cancer screening or risk patient harm, MPs tell NHS England
Government and opposition MPs are urging NHS bosses to halt the privatisation of cancer screening services in Oxford, which doctors are … Read more