All Private sector articles – Page 15
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: Third NHS trust partners with Babylon for patient triage tool
A third NHS acute trust has partnered with private healthcare firm Babylon in a bid to give patients better information on how to respond to emerging symptoms.
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News
Revealed: Major consultancy firm limits covid discount to £20m, citing ‘financial health’
A Big Four accountancy firm responded to an NHS request for pro bono support by saying it would offer its management consultants’ time at a 20 per cent discount, but only up to the value of £20m.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Keeping count
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector. Contact me in confidence.
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News
Trust chief joins covid-19 ‘test and trace’ top team
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Foundation Trust chief executive Sarah-Jane Marsh will lead the government’s ‘test and trace’ programme along with a council boss, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Sir David’s journey
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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News
NHSI chair to lead covid-19 test and trace programme
Dido Harding has been appointed chair of the government’s test and trace programme, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Trusts see surge in acutely ill patients
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector. Contact me in confidence.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Starting again
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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Comment
Surgeons face “uncomfortable” decisions and a “mammoth” catch-up task
The surgical workforce has a key role to play in the current crisis which requires adaptation and cooperation, write Emily A.H. Duggan, Alex C.G. Armstrong, Justin C.R. Wormald and Mark M. Mikhail
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News
Government counts mailouts to hit 100,000 testing target
The government changed the way it counts the number of covid-19 tests in order to hit its target of 100,000 tests per day by the end of April, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert Briefing
Hints of return to the dark ages
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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News
Exclusive: Hospital chiefs keen to restart operations as covid peak passes
Several acute trust chief executives have told HSJ they are keen to resume more planned operations, as the peak of new coronavirus cases has passed and many hospital beds remain empty.
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HSJ Local
City’s NHS sets up mask factory amid ‘Wild West’ for PPE
NHS procurement chiefs in Greater Manchester are close to completing a deal for a new factory to produce millions of face masks every month in a bid to improve personal protective equipment stocks across the public sector.
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Comment
The NHS' relationship with private providers ‘has changed before our eyes’
David Hare shares his insights on how the agreement between the NHS and independent hospitals has worked out after a month and the long-term ramifications on the relationship between the two sectors.
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News
Exclusive: IT contractors warned not to ‘exploit’ pandemic for ‘personal gain’
Private sector IT experts drafted in to help the NHS address the coronavirus pandemic “will be asked to leave immediately” if they exploit their position “for personal or corporate gain”, the chief executive of NHSX has warned.
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News
Private hospital threatens nurses refusing to treat covid-19 patients
Nurses at a hospital run by a major private healthcare provider have been threatened with disciplinary action after apparently refusing to treat coronavirus patients, according to a leaked email.
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News
NHS property company takes multimillion pound contract in-house
The NHS’ property company has taken the maintenance of many community hospitals and GP surgeries in-house, after years of the services being delivered by a private company.
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Expert Briefing
Looking at a lost year
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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News
Hospitals recruit vets to staff covid-19 wards
Hospitals are turning to the veterinary workforce to fill staffing gaps on intensive care wards ahead of an expected peak of covid-19 patients, HSJ can reveal.
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News
Regulator: Circle merger would reduce competition in two areas
The competition regulator has said it will allow the merger of two private hospital groups if its concerns about reduced competition in two regions are resolved.