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HSJ Local
Assura health centre completed in Surrey
STRUCTURE: Healthcare property group Assura Group Limited has completed the acquisition of the £3.5m Stanwell Health and Community Centre in Surrey.
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CommentDebate: is general practice pulling its weight in the efficiency challenge?
On 30 June, HSJ columnist Noel Plumridge suggested primary care should carry its share of the £20bn Nicholson challenge, alluding to the Nuffield Trust’s March recommendation that primary care “should become a key focus of the quality, innovation, productivity and prevention agenda”. Noel’s article led to this correspondence with Pat ...
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News'Huge opportunities' for private provision under reform - Howe
The NHS reforms present “huge opportunities” for the private sector, a health minister has said.
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NewsHouse of Commons votes through revised Health Bill
The government will turn its attention to getting the Health and Social Care Bill through the House of Lords after a Commons vote yesterday passed the heavily amended bill.
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NewsPharma sector calls on trusts to share data with industry
The pharmaceutical industry is urging the NHS to be more open to research projects which could illuminate the wider societal benefits of treatment.
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NewsGerman firm linked to DH hospital plan down-plays involvement
Helios Healthcare, the company mentioned in correspondence between the Department of Health and McKinsey in recently released emails, said its “strategic focus [would remain] on the German hospitals market” .
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Commercial-only finance plans for FTs scaled back
The government has pulled back from plans to stimulate a market for private sector lending to foundation trusts, under which they would have been cut off from all finance other than commercial loans.
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NewsOnly two hospitals rated 'poor' in annual PEAT scores
Just two hospital sites across the NHS and private sector were rated “poor” in this year’s patient environment action team inspection results, published by the NHS Information Centre.
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NewsDH in talks for 'international players' to take on struggling hospitals
The Department of Health has held discussions about “international players” running up to 20 NHS hospitals, according to confidential emails.
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NewsLib Dems renew Health Bill concerns ahead of Commons debate
NHS reform will again raise coalition government tensions this week when MPs consider the revised package.
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HSJ Local
Coventry PCT tenders for a new provider of primary medical services for vulnerable groups
COMMERCIAL: A new provider for primary medical services for groups including the homeless, asylum seekers and refugees is being sought by the primary care trust.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy the National Audit Office is wrong about the future for social enterprises
A National Audit Office report on the programme intended to encourage health organisation staff to form social enterprises has found no evidence of its value for money. But, argue Cobbetts LLP colleagues Kevin Jacquiss and Ross Griffiths, this disregards the achievements the programme could deliver - given enough time.
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HSJ KnowledgeHealthcare without limits: what the EU directive on cross-border care means for the NHS
The EU directive on cross-border healthcare is likely to bring with it dramatic changes to the provision of and access to healthcare. Elisabetta Zanon explains what it means for organisations in the UK.
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HSJ Local
Kent PCT to end treatment centre deal with Care UK
COMMERCIAL: NHS West Kent has opted to close the Mid Kent Treatment Centre, which is run on its behalf by independent provider Care UK, due to “sufficient alternative capacity”.
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HSJ Local
Northampton General joins forces with the private sector
COMMERCIAL: Northampton General Hospital NHS trust has announced a partnership with private healthcare provider Avery Healthcare to provide 22 “transitional care” beds at its Cliftonville Care Centre.
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HSJ Local
Private sector prefered bidder announced for south west pathology partnership
COMMERCIAL: Integrated Pathology Partnerships has been announced as the preferred bidder for a new pathology service for two south west acute trusts.
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NewsNHS-university partnerships can 'resist' competition, says chair
NHS providers which have formed partnerships with universities can better “resist” competition from the independent sector, according to a senior clinician.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow NHS collaboration with the pharma industry could benefit both players
The challenge to find cost-savings while innovating services presents issues for both the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry to address, but an opportunity to collaborate could bring them closer together for the benefit of all. PA Consulting Group colleagues Dr Stephen Black and Ian Rhodes explain.
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NewsSocial enterprises condemn 'slap in the face' over PCT properties
Social enterprises have been left out of plans to allow NHS providers to take over community service properties, in a move condemned as a “slap in the face” for the government’s Big Society agenda.
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HSJ KnowledgeOut of the darkness: how quality assessment can improve out of hours care
Quality assessment helps remove disparity between out of hours and daytime care, improving performance and patients’ experience of their local health services, say Urgent Health UK medical director Simon Abrams and chair Mark Reynolds.