All Independent providers articles – Page 29
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CommentThatcher ducked the NHS fight, we have to face it
Thatcher’s handling of the NHS offers lessons for reformers
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NewsExclusive: 'Market' consulted about taking over parts of Mid Staffs
The special administrators of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust are to launch a “market engagement exercise” asking whether other providers - including in the private sector - would be interested in taking on its services, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsFair playing field review targets commissioner behaviour
Monitor this week published a suite of recommendations aimed at encouraging commissioners to allow providers to compete more to supply NHS care. The healthcare sector regulator concluded opportunities to compete were being “unduly limited” by existing commissioning practices.
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HSJ KnowledgeTaking a new approach to alcohol treatment
Rethinking funding and care pathways for specialist treatment
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HSJ KnowledgeEarly lessons from England's first AHSNs
Lessons from the academic health science networks’ application process
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Comment
Readers' letters - 21 March 2013
Concern that NHS staff feel they have to comment anonymously online, and a reader makes a recommendation
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HSJ Local
Trust named as preferred supplier to Circle NTC
Circle has identified Nottingham University Hospitals Trust as the preferred supplier of staff and services to the Nottingham Treatment Centre.
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SupplementsDistance learning - an HSJ telehealth supplement
The UK is facing a variety of health and social care challenges − an ageing population, a growing number of people in long-term care and an economic squeeze on public services.
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CommentCompetition, conspiracy and cock-ups
The row over the section 75 regulations has been chaotic
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HSJ KnowledgeExploring how new NHS organisations will collaborate
How HWBs and AHSN will help each other
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Blogs
Patients vs the business case
The NHS is not subject to local democratic accountability. If you want to have more say in what happens to your local hospital maybe you should advocate a transfer to local government
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HSJ Local
Serco out-of-hours fell 'unacceptably short'
PERFORMANCE: Cornwall’s Serco run out-of-hours service fell “unacceptably short” of essential standards of quality and safety, the chair of the public accounts committee has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeCountdown to the new licensing regime
Many issues face providers in the second licence wave
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HSJ Local
Two trusts say private sector franchise an option
STRUCTURE: Two small provider trusts - both of which have aggressively pursued service and organisational integration - have indicated they may form partnerships with the independent sector.
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NewsNHS hospitals could be paid extra under 'cherry picking' rules
Commissioners may need to increase the prices they pay to NHS hospitals left with more complex workloads after other providers have “cherry picked” the easier patients, new Department of Health guidance shows.
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BlogsIs the NHS safe in the hands of the Competition Commission?
The competition authorities must give due consideration to the interests of patients and taxpayers when considering NHS trust mergers.
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Comment
Readers' letters − 28 February 2013
Hospedia respond to Noel Plumridge’s criticism of hopsital’s that outsource services, while the role of local councillors in scrutinising the NHS is highlighted