NHS spending on private ambulances for 999 calls in England has trebled in four years, BBC research has found. Ambulance trusts paid private companies and voluntary organisations £68.7m to attend … Read more
Private Providers
Our work and news stories on private providers.
An out of hours provider has been forced to end provision of services across the East Midlands after it announced it intends to file for administration. Central Nottinghamshire Clinical Services … Read more
Vital primary care support services are in “meltdown” after NHS England contracted them out to Capita last year, prompting anger among providers toward the contractor and the national body. The … Read more
The GPC has told NHS managers that every practice should be compensated for the significant extra workload they have had to take on as a result of the ‘systematic failure’ … Read more
NHS 111 and GP out of hours services in east Kent are to be run by one organisation – but there are already fears about the transition to the new … Read more
A 16,000 patient practice has been left on a short-term interim contract after six of the seven APMS providers invited by NHS England to tender for the contract pulled out … Read more
The BMA report, Privatisation and independent sector provision of NHS healthcare, calls for research into how the growing role of private providers in the NHS is affecting patients and doctors. Private … Read more
Hundreds of patients including people with cancer and kidney failure have missed important appointments for treatment because ambulances did not arrive to take them to hospital, after privatisation of NHS … Read more
NHS England has paid £165,000 for a contract that has seen a private provider carry out just one out-of-area GP patient home visit and 18 phone consultations since last July. … Read more
The NHS (Reinstatement) bill received its second reading in parliament last week. Its aim is to reverse the creeping privatisation of our health service. The 2012 Health and Social Care Act opened up … Read more
Patients are facing an uncertain future after a private company that runs health care services in east Cleveland revealed it was in financial difficulty. The future of Marske Medical Centre is in … Read more
A GP federation providing APMS services for 37,000 patients has gone into administration after running into financial difficulties leaving local GPs thousands of pounds out of pocket. Danum Medical Services … Read more
Two private companies have been shortlisted in a procurement process for community and urgent care services in Lancashire. West Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group launched the tender after the Care Quality … Read more
The loss of a £126m contract to another provider could cause multiple staffing and patient care issues, a trust has said. An impact assessment prepared by Kent Community Health Foundation … Read more
NHS England’s moratorium on commissioning new specialised mental health services helped deliver new demand and a return to real terms growth for independent providers, according to new research. Market analysts … Read more
A legal challenge from a private provider has forced commissioners to undertake a full procurement process for several GP services in Hull. As part of a wider plan for primary … Read more
NHS privatisation in England has increased dramatically since the Health and Social Care Act was passed in 2012. The most recent official figures show that in 2013-14 the NHS paid £6.6bn to … Read more
The patriotically named Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) has seen a big opportunity in working with the NHS since 2006. The company has formed what it calls HCA NHS Ventures, which are … Read more
Trade Unions representing half a million NHS workers have warned that a “surge in privatisation” of the health service risks creating a system based on ability to pay, rather than … Read more
Monitor has found against NHS commissioners in the first stage of a competition case, HSJ can reveal. Papers released this week indicate that the regulator, which is responsible for settling complaints about … Read more
