All Independent providers articles – Page 22
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NewsCare UK offloads learning disabilities services
Private provider Care UK has sold its learning disabilities services to Lifeways, an independent provider of specialist care.
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HSJ LocalPFI company could ban hospital staff from trust restaurant
Hospital staff could be banned from an NHS foundation trust restaurant under plans by one of the FT’s private finance initiative partner companies, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMental health taskforce chair promises 'clear route map' for sector
A new national strategy for mental health will be ‘clear, tangible and costed’, according to the chair of NHS England’s taskforce for the sector.
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NewsCare UK sells mental health arm
Private provider Care UK has sold off its NHS mental health services arm to Partnerships in Care, one of the country’s largest independent mental health providers.
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NewsCoroner rules lack of mental health beds contributed to death
A lack of mental health beds was a ‘contributory factor’ in the suicide of a teenager being treated more than 100 miles from home, a coroner has ruled.
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HSJ LocalMonitor and CCG brand trust’s backlog plan ‘unacceptable’
PERFORMANCE: A plan drawn up by Derby Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust to clear its elective treatment backlog has been labelled ‘not acceptable’ by both its local clinical commissioning group and Monitor.
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HSJ KnowledgeStem the patient overspill with this dream team
Reducing the cost of treating patients in private psychiatric units
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NewsLabour's 'profit cap' policy faces European legal hurdles, say lawyers
Ed Miliband’s proposal to cap the profits of private sector providers of NHS services at 5 per cent would come up against EU legislation, lawyers have told HSJ.
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NewsEd Miliband pledges cap on profits of independent providers in NHS
Ed Miliband has pledged that a Labour led government would impose a profit cap on private providers of NHS ‘clinical services’. He made the announcement at a speech to launch the party’s general election campaign in east London today.
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NewsRevealed: Virgin handed £280m Staffordshire contract
Virgin Care has been awarded a £280m, seven-year prime provider contract to manage services in East Staffordshire, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentThe independent sector can help the NHS invest in new care models
A clinical commissioner’s perspective
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HSJ Local
Spire to build £60m hospital in Nottingham
COMMERCIAL: Spire Healthcare has announced it is to build a £60m private hospital in Nottingham, which it claims will be “open to all”, including NHS-funded patients.
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HSJ LocalCCG contracts new team to boost mental health of young adults
COMMERCE: A disused post office will be the base for a new contracted multidisciplinary team as part of Camden Clinical Commissioning Group’s strategy to improve the mental health and wellbeing of 16-24 year olds.
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NewsCircle drops challenge to ‘inadequate’ Hinchingbrooke rating
Circle has dropped its plan to request a review of the ‘inadequate’ rating given to Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalCCG invites bids for £100m ‘health campus’ provider
COMMERCIAL: Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group has invited organisations to bid to provide major services at a proposed health and wellbeing campus to serve Shepton Mallet and surrounding villages.
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News'Rollover' trusts still able to negotiate local tariff prices
Trusts that opt to roll over 2014-15 national tariff prices to 2015-16 will still be able to agree local variations with commissioners, national pricing authorities have said.
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NewsCCG accused of 'lack of candour' over outsourced community service
Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group has been accused of misleading GPs and the public over whether patients in a community based dermatology service run by a private healthcare provider are always seen by specialist consultants.
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HSJ LocalCCG 'rewinds' tender process after legal threat
A London clinical commissioning group has decided to retender its integrated urgent care and out of hours services contract after it was threatened with a legal challenge from an unsuccessful bidder.