All Independent providers articles – Page 34
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NewsMonitor drops controversial credit rating plan
Future healthcare sector regulator Monitor has scrapped many of the controversial restrictions it had proposed placing on providers of essential NHS services, including debt caps, external credit ratings, and curbs on dividend payments.
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Caution urged on referrals to private centre
A local medical committee has taken the unprecedented step of warning local GPs to consider whether an independent treatment centre is the right choice for their patients.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: the future of Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of key issues facing some of the major NHS health economies. This week we examine the options for Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust as it seeks a merger partner.
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HSJ Local
Upgrade for independent Worcestershire MRI scanner
PERFORMANCE: The Worcestershire Imaging Centre, based in Droitwich Spa, has successfully completed a £500,000 upgrade of its MRI scanner.
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CommentWhy top-up fees are not the answer
Gleeful insurers are rubbing their hands at the prospects opened up by the Health Act.
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HSJ Local
North Bristol outsources work to bring waiting list under control
COMMERCIAL: North Bristol Trust is outsourcing £1.6m of surgical work in order to meet performance on the 18-week referral to treatment target.
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NewsTime has 'run out' for Clinicenta, MP warns
Time has “run out” for an underperforming independent sector treatment centre, an MP has warned.
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CommentHelping the NHS plan for positive patient experience
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust chief medical officer Jonathan Fielden asks Stephen Murphy what Virgin can teach the NHS about customer care and innovation to practice.
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Comment'Poor patient experience is a clinical time bomb'
But can Virgin’s customer service know-how help?
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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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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.