All Independent providers articles – Page 71
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DoH orders review into £257m diagnosis contract
A massive diagnostics contract with the private sector has been delayed. because of concerns about quality and administrative procedures.
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New social enterprise guide published
The Social Enterprise Coalition and law firm Hempsons have published a guide on social enterprise in health and social care designed for commissioners and providers.Healthy Business includes nine case studies highlighting the diversity of social enterprises already operating in health and social care. The coalition will set up a health ...
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Care UK set for Mercury Health takeover
Care UK has agreed a conditional contract with Tribal Group to buy Mercury Health for £31.5m, as well as assuming debts of £20.7m and repaying inter-company borrowing of £24.6m.Among the conditions for the acquisition to go ahead is approval from the Department of Health for the change of ownership. If ...
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Out-of-hours firms under review
Two out-of-hours providers have just a few weeks to prove their services are up to scratch, HSJ can reveal.
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The urgent care muddle may mean more nights to forget
The transfer of responsibility for out-of-hours care from family doctors to primary care trusts has been anything but smooth. And uncertainty remains on how services will develop in future. Alison Moore looks at the options for a politically contentious issue
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HSJ Knowledge
Challenging the assumptions of NHS marketing
Patient choice has meant the inevitable idea of commercial.promotion for.healthcare, a complex arena mixing competitive business.with public service. Ann Crofts outlines the implications
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BUPA and choice
I would like to make it plain that BUPA Hospital Leeds does not charge a 'premium to tariff' when treating NHS patients under choose and book. It is understandable that the complex system you outlined (HSJ, 22 February) could leave readers thinking otherwise.
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DoH responds to call charge complaints
The Department of Health has responded to a report by the Patient Power Review Group into hospitals' systems for bedside televisions and telephones.The report followed a number of complaints about the cost of incoming call charges. The Department of Health set up the review group to explore all aspects of ...
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Report flags up mental health gap
The explosion in charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises providing services to the NHS and social care looks set to overlook mental health, a survey has found.
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PCT ditches two private hospitals over costs
A primary care trust has removed the choice of two local private sector hospitals from its choose and book list because it says it was paying too much for their services, HSJ has learned.
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Milton Keynes PCT names preferred bidder
Milton Keynes primary care trust has appointed Guildhouse as its preferred bidder to build health and care premises over the next 25 years, starting with the Wolverton Health Centre later this year.The 3,000sq m supersurgery will be part of the South East Midlands local improvement finance trust and will house ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Legal briefing: can non-NHS bodies access the NHS pension scheme?
Our legal experts guide you through the pension implications for companies taking on NHS services
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National Audit Office slates DoH over £12m Dr Foster deal
The Department of Health has been savaged by the National Audit Office for the handling of its £12m deal with healthcare information analysts Dr Foster.
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SHA pays £2m for firm to size up PCT commissioning
South Central strategic health authority has called in turnaround specialists PricewaterhouseCoopers to assess whether its nine primary care trusts should contract out their commissioning functions to the private sector.
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HSJ Knowledge
Legal briefing: patient choice and the model contract
Under the new NHS operating framework, there will be greater competition, and far more choice for patients
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PCT could slash 90 per cent of staff
A troubleshooter chief executive plans to strip an ailing primary care trust down to its core functions and reduce the number of staff from 300 to 30.
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HSJ Knowledge
What social enterprise can do for healthcare
A social enterprise is often defined as a business that trades with a social or environmental purpose. It is not driven by profit, and reinvests surpluses back into the organisation or community.
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HSJ Knowledge
Legal briefing: the separation of provider and commissioner
There is increasing pressure on primary care trusts to ensure clarity and robust processes around the distinction between provision and commissioning of services, warns David Owen
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BMA slams private treatment centres
Plans for privately run clinical assessment, treat and support (CATS) centres in England could jeopardise NHS finances, threaten medical posts, and create potential conflicts of interest, the British Medical Association says today. The warning comes in response to consultation on plans for up to 10 CATS centres in Cumbria and ...
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Comment
Independent sector falls down on data
A level playing field is the holy grail of trust managers who see themselves as competing with the private sector for clinical work. Key to that is confidence that patients and their GPs will be able to make informed choices about where they should go for treatment.