NHS spending £350m a year to send mental health patients miles from home
The NHS is reliant on private mental health services to treat seriously ill patients, often miles away from loved ones, … Read more
Privatisation
IVF clinics ‘should pay NHS if their treatments cause complications’
A leading British fertility expert is calling for IVF clinics to foot the bill when assisted reproductive treatments result in … Read more
Children’s mental health care in Norfolk could be taken over by Richard Branson’s Virgin Care
Full story at Eastern Daily Press 22 February 2018 Children’s mental health services in Norfolk could be taken over by … Read more
Outsourcing of children’s health contract to Virgin Care halted by judge
Full story in The Independent, 21 February 2018 A High Court judge has temporarily blocked a council’s attempt to outsource a … Read more
MP along with Stroud campaigners fight against ‘back door privatisation’ of Gloucestershire NHS
Full story at Stroud News 21 February 2018 STROUD campaigners, unions and Stroud MP David Drew have joined forces to … Read more
‘Extreme pressure’ leads ambulance trust to turn to private services
Full story in the NHE, 4 January 2018 The East of England Ambulance Service Trust (EEAST) has revealed it was forced to … Read more
Privatisation: Virgin wins children’s health contract in Lancashire
Full story in The Independent, 13 December 2017 Campaigners have criticised the “galloping privatisation” of health services after Virgin Care was awarded a … Read more
Care UK gives GPs operation price list
Full story in The Guardian, 5 December 2017 A private healthcare company has sent letters to hundreds of GPs setting … Read more
Emergency GP service in Somerset ‘unacceptable’
Out-of-hours GP services in Somerset are “unacceptable”, the county’s clinical commissioning group has said. Its chief officer said bosses had … Read more
HSJ Exclusive: Airbnb style company bids to place NHS patients in spare rooms
Members of the public with no care experience are being offered up to £1,000 a month to rent spare rooms … Read more