All Independent providers articles – Page 44
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News250 Southern Cross homes to be rescued
Southern Cross’ largest landlord has announced plans to run 249 of the care homes operated by the collapsed provider.
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News'Refrain' from most Microsoft purchases, requests government
The Cabinet Office has “requested” that NHS chief information officers obtain central clearance before buying Microsoft products until a national procurement contract is signed with the company.
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NewsLabour attacks public services reform plan
The government’s long-awaited blueprint for public service reform has been dismissed by Labour as containing “few new ideas and even fewer new proposals”.
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NewsCameron renews push on public sector reform
David Cameron will vow today to press ahead with plans to open up public services to private providers as he publishes the government’s long-awaited reform blueprint.
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NewsTroubled Southern Cross to close
Care home operator Southern Cross has confirmed that it is to close down after the landlords of its properties abandoned the company.
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NewsAQP 'bastardised', says Care UK boss
A director of one of England’s leading private sector health care providers has expressed doubts over the government’s “any qualified provider” policy, describing it as “bastardised”.
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HSJ KnowledgeInnovative approaches to health priorities through NHS and industry collaboration
Partnering with the pharmaceutical industry and bringing together a diverse group of experts is a novel but valuable approach for the NHS to address healthcare challenges, write Robyn Hudson and colleagues.
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HSJ Local
Hertfordshire PCT pledges £1.7m to delayed centre
FINANCE: NHS Hertfordshire has committed £1.7m of non recurrent funding on “ramp up costs” for a delayed treatment centre at the Lister Hospital
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HSJ Local
Leicester City signs contract with The Practice
COMMERCIAL: NHS Leicester City has signed a contract with The Practice, a nationwide a healthcare provider, to operate the GP surgery at Beaumont Leys Health Centre.
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HSJ Local
Sussex Partnership faced with fallout from closure of private unit
STRUCTURE: The foundation trust is relocating patients from a local independent hospital which is set to close in September.
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NewsHealth Bill: competition changes may not be ‘substantive’
The changes to Monitor’s role brought about by amendments to the Health Bill may not be “substantive”, lawyers have warned.
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NewsHealth Bill: government publishes 181 amendments
The government has tabled 181 amendments to the Health Bill following a review of health secretary Andrew Lansley’s controversial original proposals.
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Blogs
Crime doesn't pay... but it might get you free healthcare
It sounds like a joke or a wind-up, but losing private healthcare is no laughing matter.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy commissioners need to harness transformational technologies for NHS services
If the full potential of GP commissioning is to be realised, commissioners must understand, embrace and harness transformational technologies at the earliest opportunity, says NHS North West director of commissioning development Joe Rafferty.
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HSJ Knowledge
Why competition still has its place in NHS
Competition in the NHS is nothing new - and the more measured approach outlined in the Health Bill’s amendments this week will better preparing the health service to fully function with competition working alongside integration, argues Wragge and Co partner Simon Taylor.
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NewsNew service for private patients launched
Patients who go private will be able to access a new one-stop service designed to help them get the best care.
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Royal colleges to be enlisted to identify procedures at risk of 'cherry picking'
The Department of Health command paper on choice, competition and a failure regime for trusts sets out some specifics but leaves many questions unanswered.
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NewsCircle floats on stock market
The independent healthcare company set to run Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust as the first UK hospital franchise was floated last week on AIM, a part of the London Stock Exchange.
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CommentProvider trouble brewing in the East
A number of concerns were raised in a report from the East of England provider development board last month.
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HSJ Local
Royal Cornwall Hospitals signs pharmacy deal with Lloyds
Commercial: Lloydspharmacy has been awarded a contract to provide dispensing services for outpatients of the Royal Cornwall Hospital.