HSJ Exclusive: CCG resists Virgin Care demands for more money
Virgin Care has demanded more money for a controversial prime provider contract it signed with commissioners in Staffordshire last year, HSJ has … Read more
Privatisation
Virgin Care ‘asked staff not to report safety concerns’ to health watchdog
A private healthcare firm, which recently took over the contract to run health services on the edge of Bristol, asked … Read more
‘Inadequate’ private provider to hand back troubled contract early
A company operating one of the first integrated NHS 111 and GP out of hours services is to hand back … Read more
NHS spends £80m on private ambulances a year, data shows
The NHS is spending almost £80m a year hiring private ambulances to answer 999 calls and take patients to hospital for appointments, … Read more
Government accused of ‘wasting millions of pounds’ as it abandons sale of NHS staffing agency
Ministers have been accused of “wasting millions of pounds” after abandoning the controversial sale of an NHS staffing agency. Public … Read more
Notts STP teams up with Capita to set up accountable care system
A sustainability and transformation partnership in the East Midlands has recruited Capita to help with the creation of its accountable … Read more
NHS trust sent cancer patient adverts for private clinic
A terminally ill cancer patient has protested after the NHS hospital where she receives palliative therapy included advertisements for a … Read more
Labour demands inquiry into privatisation of NHS-owned recruiter
Labour is demanding an inquiry into the privatisation of a government-owned NHS recruitment firm that saves hospitals £70m a year. … Read more
Call for tighter checks on private hospitals used by NHS after MRSA case
Theresa May has been urged to tighten checks on private hospitals used by the NHS after a Labour MP raised … Read more
Call for tighter checks on private hospitals used by NHS after MRSA case
Theresa May has been urged to tighten checks on private hospitals used by the NHS after a Labour MP raised … Read more