All Independent providers articles – Page 12
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HSJ Local
Trust stuck with unexpected £5m patient transport bill
A hospital trust was left with an unexpected £5.6m bill for non-emergency patient transport after commissioners underestimated the cost, a report has revealed.
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HSJ Local
Deficit trust borrowing £95m to cover overspend
A £539m turnover trust will need to borrow £95.5m in 2017-18 to achieve its financial targets, it has revealed.
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News
Regulator to rate GP app providers from this year
The Care Quality Commission has been given powers to rate providers of GP apps to “bring increased transparency” about their quality and safety.
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Babylon withdraws CQC legal challenge
Digital health provider Babylon Health Services has withdrawn a legal challenge against a Care Quality Commission report and will have to pay £11,000 in costs to the regulator.
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Vast range of consultancy and IT covered by new ACS framework
A new framework for accountable care systems and sustainability and transformation partnerships will cover a vast array of private suppliers, with the potential to shake up how support and technology are sold to the NHS.
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Exclusive: Private patient transport firm to be dissolved
A company that was heavily criticised over a shambolic patient transport services contract in Sussex is to be dissolved, Companies House has confirmed.
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Half of online health services deemed 'not safe' in CQC inspections
A new regime for inspecting online health services has revealed nearly half were not providing a safe service for patients, according to Care Quality Commission reports.
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HSJ Local
CCGs backtrack on £10.5m contract after legal challenge
Three clinical commissioning groups pulled out of a £10.5m fertility contract just weeks before the service was meant to start, after a legal challenge to the decision.
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CQC flags up 'deep concerns' with independent rehab providers
People with drug and alcohol addiction are being put at risk of harm at many independent residential rehabilitation units, a new report has warned.
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New job for former procurement hub chief
The former chief executive of a large regional NHS procurement hub has been appointed chair of a company that helps trusts reduce costs.
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Commissioners settle with Virgin following contract dispute
A legal dispute between Virgin Care and six Surrey clinical commissioning groups has been resolved – with an apparent payment by the NHS to the company.
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HSJ Local
Company rated inadequate ahead of 111 contract handover
An private provider of NHS 111 and GP out of hours services has had a second critical report from the Care Quality Commission a week before it is due to hand back the contract.
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Out of hours care provider bought for £11m
An out of hospital care provider has been bought by a private limited company.
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HSJ Local
Trouble-hit vanguard imaging system faces more problems
An East Midlands hospital trust has delayed the rollout of the troubled East Midlands Radiology consortium imaging system until next year amid ongoing performance concerns.
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Accountable care providers may gain access to NHS pension
The government has launched a consultation to make it easier for independent providers and organisations involved in new care model and accountable care contracts to have access to the NHS pension scheme.
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Deadline extended to enter HSJ Healthcare Partnership Awards
The deadline for entering the HSJ Healthcare Partnership Awards has been extended.
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NHS England picks Babylon for flagship patient app pilot
NHS England has picked two private digital services to pilot a new universal NHS patient app that provides access to health records, NHS 111 and privacy preferences through their smartphones.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: The CAMHS cause célèbre
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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News
Clinical director loses employment tribunal over private work
A former clinical director has lost his employment tribunal case after a judge ruled he quit his trust over the impact a reconfiguration would have had on his private work, not over patient safety.
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Private provider shuts children's unit after regulators intervene
An independent provider is to stop providing children and adolescents’ mental health services at one of its units after NHS England and the Care Quality Commission said further action was needed to safeguard the “health and welfare” of patients.