All Independent providers articles – Page 48
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HSJ Local
NHS Surrey opens sexual assault referral centre
Structure: A new Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) has been officially opened in Surrey, which will be run by the private provider Harmoni.
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NewsDepartment rejects blood services claims
The Department of Health has rejected claims that it plans to privatise areas of the NHS blood service.
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NewsCompetition panel to rule on pathology deal
A foundation trust’s £300m deal with another trust and a private company to outsource pathology services has been challenged under procurement rules.
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Comment'GPs run the risk of alienating themselves from their colleagues'
As the BMA gears up for a crisis meeting to debate the Health Bill, the chair of its consultant and specialists committee voices his fears of a huge split between members - and a ‘seething cauldron’ of competing providers in the future.
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HSJ Local
Moorfields abandons Abu Dhabi expansion plan
COMMERCIAL: Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust has abandoned a plan to expand its Dubai operation into Abu Dhabi.
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NewsLib Dem MPs oppose health reforms
Two Liberal Democrat MPs have piled pressure on health secretary Andrew Lansley’s NHS shake-up plans by backing a Commons motion urging caution against how the reforms are implemented.
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NewsLansley fights back on competition
Andrew Lansley has replied to shadow health secretary John Healey attacking Labour’s record on competition and saying amendments to his bill would be tabled to make clear that there will be no price competition.
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CommentEffective regulation needs the right touch, at the right time
The chief executive of a troubled NHS trust recently remarked to me: “The problem was, we thought we worked for the regulators, not for our patients.”
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HSJ Local
Hinchingbrooke continues to predict breakeven as deficit grows
FINANCE: Hinchingbrooke Health Care is reporting a cumulative deficit of £1.8m but still expects to breakeven at the end of the year thanks to financial recovery plan schemes.
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HSJ Local
Hinchingbrooke seeks to appoint directors for transition to franchise
STRUCTURE: Hinchingbrooke Health Care is looking to appoint a new chair and two non-executive directors as it finalises arrangements for Circle to take over the hospital.
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HSJ Local
Royal Cornwall ordered to offer gynae patients alternative provider
PERFORMANCE: Five patients have invoked their rights under the NHS Constitution and requested treatment at an alternative provider after a breach of the 18 week referral-to-treatment target at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust.
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HSJ Knowledge'Will community services boil down to "any willing price"?'
At a recent senior company team meeting, I was discussing the changes envisaged in the Health and Social Care Bill and raised the notion about writing this article and calling it “any willing price”.
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HSJ Local
NHS South Birmingham sees jump in private sector spending
FINANCE: Non-contracted elective spending on private providers is predicted to jump from £300,000 to £1.5m this year at NHS South Birmingham.
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HSJ Local
'Good response' to NHS North Somerset's hospital tender
COMMERCIAL: NHS North Somerset has shortlisted five bidders to develop the new Clevedon Community Hospital.
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HSJ Local
NHS Bath and North East Somerset reveals £6m savings plan
FINANCE: NHS Bath and North East Somerset community services plans to save £6.7m in the delivery of services over the next five years.
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HSJ Local
£1m from private mental health underspend funding acute overspends at NHS Dudley
FINANCE: NHS Dudley is using a £1m underspend on its private sector mental health services to offset a £2.9m acute overspend.
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NewsLoss of 80,000 care beds will intensify bed-blocking
Council spending cuts are predicted to result in the loss of 81,000 care home beds across the UK over the next 10 years, intensifying NHS bed-blocking problems, BUPA has warned.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: trapped in PFI purgatory
Of the 16 pages of last week’s Managing the Transition letter from Richmond House, the provider side of the NHS occupies a mere three paragraphs. One about the foundation trust “pipeline”, one on separating primary care trusts from their former provider arms and one on encouraging the independent sector.
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News
Compensation danger over LIFT contract transfers
The impending abolition of primary care trusts has made the NHS vulnerable to claims totalling in the “high hundreds of millions” from companies that hold local improvement finance trust contracts.
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LeaderSquaring the price competition and efficiency circle
“Where would you like your vasectomy, sir?” is not a phrase you’re likely to hear in the NHS as many primary care trusts have ruled out paying for the procedure anywhere other than in GP practices.