All Private sector articles – Page 25
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London's private income growth covers decline across other trusts
Growth in private income at a small number of London trusts offset a decline across the rest of England last year, HSJ analysis has found.
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Deloitte hired to design NHS efficiency drive
Deloitte has won a contract to draw up proposals with NHS trusts for a new procurement efficiency drive, which aims to make savings from a £20bn pool of non-pay spend.
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NHS Improvement tightens grip on subsidiary companies
NHS Improvement will stop foundation trusts from creating subsidiary companies if it considers the plan too “high-risk”, according to new guidance.
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Struggling trust faces £5m hit as CCG looks to private providers
A struggling acute trust faces fines of £5m in relation to its elective performance, with most of the cash expected to pay for capacity from private and specialist providers instead.
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Trust in £100,000 court battle over alleged trademark breach
A mental health trust has been taken to court after being accused of breaching a trademark over its name for a specialist service.
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NHSI chair: Regional teams will become fiefdoms ‘over my dead body’
The NHS’ seven new regional directorates will become fiefdoms “over my dead body”, NHS Improvement chair Dido Harding said last week.
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GP at Hand safety restrictions lifted after NHS England review
All safety restrictions on the type of patients GP at Hand can deliver care to have been lifted following a review by NHS England, HSJ can reveal.
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RCS: Outsourcing surgery damages training
The transfer of a “substantial volume” of NHS work to the independent sector has “negatively impacted” surgical trainees, the Royal College of Surgeons has warned.
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NHS Supply Chain considered surcharge for trusts
Supply managers considered charging NHS trusts extra for equipment purchased through a new efficiency model, HSJ can reveal.
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NHS England overhauling national cancer screening programmes
NHS England will overhaul cancer screening as part of the long-term plan and has called on England’s first national cancer director to lead the work.
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Trusts could be told to stockpile equipment ahead of Brexit
NHS providers could be asked to stockpile certain types of products under government plans to mitigate the UK leaving the EU without an agreed deal.
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NHS England taken to court over 'largest ever medicines procurement'
A global pharmaceutical company has taken the NHS to court over a procurement process aimed to help England become the first country to eliminate hepatitis C.
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Waste firm seeks £15m over NHS contract terminations
The company embroiled in the clinical waste stockpiling controversy is seeking £15m from the NHS after accusing 17 trusts of unlawfully terminating their contracts, HSJ can reveal.
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University hospital opens China office after CEO trip
One of the country’s biggest trusts has opened an office in China, with the chief executive meeting with a “very influential person in Beijing”.
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Exclusive: 20 trusts face financial loss from new national efficiency scheme
Around 20 NHS trusts face losing money in 2019-20 from a new procurement model which sees cash withheld from organisations in exchange for savings through centralised procurement.
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No more PFI deals, chancellor announces
The government plans to abolish the use of private finance initiative deals for future capital projects, and establish a “centre of best practice” to manage its existing deals.
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Go ahead for hospital as bailout agreed in Carillion fallout
Construction of a new acute hospital is set to resume almost a year after Carillion was liquidated, following a deal between the government, lenders, and local NHS chiefs.
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Exclusive: Acute trust agrees Care UK deal for bulk of elective orthopaedics
A hospital trust will move 75 per cent of its elective orthopaedic service to a private company’s facility after agreeing an 18 month partnership.
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Exclusive: NHSI hiring consultants to create new efficiency 'model' for trusts
NHS efficiency chiefs are hiring management consultants to draw up a new model for how trusts should spend billions of pounds on goods and services, HSJ can reveal.
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Clinical waste driven hundreds of miles south amid disposal row
Clinical waste from NHS hospitals has been transported and disposed of in ways which normally breach safety regulations, prompting concerns about capacity in the waste sector.