NHS bosses have made a significant U-turn over plans to privatise cancer scanning services after outcry from MPs, doctors and patients. The rethink means the two scanners used for the … Read more
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NHS chiefs are bringing the cervical screening service back in-house after expressing dissatisfaction at the way it has been performing. The chief executive of NHS England, Simon Stevens, told the … Read more
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is calling on independent ambulance services, commissioners and the wider system to do more to make sure patients are safe, following concerns identified during its … Read more
The Guardian reports that government and opposition MPs are asking NHS England to halt the privatisation of cancer screening services in the Oxfordshire area, which doctors are warning will damage … Read more
Three bidders have been shortlisted for one of the biggest NHS pathology contracts, HSJ can reveal. Last September, the South East London pathology programme board launched a procurement for a new provider … Read more
PET-CT scanners, which helps diagnose and monitor tumours throughout treatment, are set to be taken over by a company called InHealth, leaving leaders of Oxford’s world class cancer teams aghast. … Read more
NHS England calls for end to rules under which firms have won £10.5bn of contracts NHS bosses have urged ministers to scrap controversial legislation that has led to the widespread … Read more
A report produced by the Nuffield Trust and Age UK concludes that there are very few signs that integrated and community care initiatives produce reductions in costs or emergency admissions … Read more
Procurement of urgent treatment centres and GP out-of-hours services across two clinical commissioning groups has been discontinued – because the money on offer was not enough to attract providers. Swale … Read more
Analysis of blood and urine tests currently run across Kent by the NHS could be outsourced to a private company in a move which union bosses warn could put patients … Read more
Pathology services in Kent and Medway could be delivered with a private sector partner or outsourced under options being considered by the area’s four acute trusts. Less urgent pathology services … Read more
One consequence of awarding NHS contracts to non-NHS organisations is the appearance of litigation over contracts. Prior to the Health & Social Care Act 2012, litigation occasionally took place between … Read more
A former hospital boss and NHS England director has been appointed the chief executive of the UK arm of international insurance firm Centene. Samantha Jones was NHS England’s director of new … Read more
The BBC reports, that a deal that covers all non-urgent orthopaedic surgery at Derriford Hospital, part of University Hospitals Plymouth Trust, has resulted in a row breaking out. A spokesperson … Read more
The Observer has revealed that profit-driven firms are squeezing traditional GPs out of running family doctor services because of rules that NHS bosses and ministers both believe harm patient care. … Read more
A community provider’s contract has been extended by four months, pending a court dispute over an integrated care deal. Central Surrey Health, a social enterprise providing community services in the … Read more
Virgin Care has terminated large parts of a controversial prime provider contract in the West Midlands, HSJ can reveal Following an 18-month dispute with East Staffordshire CCG, Virgin Care has terminated … Read more
An NHS pathology contract worth more than £2bn has been put on the market with the aim of linking eight trusts’ laboratory services. Bidders will compete to provide the full … Read more
A large NHS body has spent millions of pounds on management consultants for a plan designed to save money – but which could cost more than £1bn to put into practice. Over … Read more
Circle Health has pulled out of a bid to continue running services at the Nottingham Treatment Centre, and threatened clinical commissioning groups with legal action over their £150m three year procurement. … Read more
