All Independent providers articles – Page 34
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CommentNoel Plumridge: when risk assessment goes awry
How necessary monitoring is to avoid failure.
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HSJ Local
Private provider to deal with Gloucestershire Hospitals test backlog
PERFORMANCE: An independent provider has been commissioned to run weekend lists for endoscopies after Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust repeatedly breached the target.
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NewsSerco out-of-hours service failing four CQC standards
A GP out-of-hours service run by Serco was understaffed and possibly overstating its performance, an investigation by the Care Quality Commission has found.
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HSJ PartnersCan outsourcing outpatient dispensing play a role in delivering QIPP?
HSJ and The Co-operative Pharmacy want your opinion on outsourcing outpatient pharmacy dispensing. Take part in our questionnaire and have your say
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HSJ Local
Virgin set to run children's services in Devon
COMMERCIAL: Virgin Care has been named preferred bidder for a children’s services contract worth £44m a year, it has been announced.
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LeaderStability trumps choice in the birth of commissioning support
Commissioning board is singing a different tune on CSSs.
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NewsNHS Propco could 'destabilise' local health economies, social enterprises warn
Department of Health plans to create an independent property company to take over primary care trusts’ estate are likely to have a “considerable destabilising effect on local health economies”, social enterprises have claimed.
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NewsPrivate MH hospitals facing tighter margins
Reduced profits in NHS may starve some private mental health hospitals of investment.
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HSJ Local
CQC finds serious failings at independent hospital
PERFORMANCE: A Hampshire hospital looking after adults with mental health problems and learning disabilities was failing to protect patients from the risk of abuse, a health watchdog has said.
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NewsMutuals should be 'mainstream' service option
Report calls for raft of government measures to encourage mutuals
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News
Health insurer Benenden makes bid for NHS co-payment role
Mutual health insurance society Benenden Healthcare has voted to open its membership to the general public, in anticipation that shrinking NHS budgets will drive increased demand for individual “top up” payments for care.
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NewsNHS has to change attitude to private sector - Carruthers
One of the most senior figures in the NHS told a conference session the service “had to change its attitude” to the private sector.
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NewsMilburn: 'tragedy' reform policies making enemy of private sector
The government’s reforms “have made the private sector less acceptable in the NHS”, former labour health secretary Alan Milburn has told HSJ.
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NewsHospital trust asks DH to back franchise proposals
George Eliot Hospital Trust has applied for Department of Health permission to franchise its management.
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CommentTrusts need to face up to the reality of mergers
Deloitte expert Phil Lobb on merger and acquisition solutions.
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HSJ Knowledge
How the government can promote the value of social enterprise
Social enterprises must be dealt a fair hand, says Ross Griffiths.
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HSJ Local
Sussex neuro centre gains charity accreditation
PERFORMANCE: An independent specialist neuro rehabilitation centre in Sussex has received charity accreditation for its services.
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NewsExclusive: Monitor to launch major review of barriers to NHS competition
Future “sector regulator” for healthcare Monitor will tomorrow issue a call for evidence for a major review of all barriers to a “level playing field” for competing providers of NHS-funded healthcare, HSJ has learned.
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NewsLegal right to choice would give providers 'confidence', says Cabinet Office
A top civil servant has argued that government moves to make choice in health services a statutory right would give more confidence to innovative provider organisations.
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HSJ Local
Suffolk OOH services rated 'good'
PERFORMANCE: Out-of-hours services in Suffolk have been judged to be good after being scrutinised by two county councillors - despite concerns that changes to the service would affect patients.