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
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has warned, in a report published today, that private finance initiative contracts and cost pressures could present a “systemic barrier” for trusts responding to patient … 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
According to HSJ, the NHS App which was designed to be a digital “front door” for all NHS patients is actually unable to connect with any current providers of online … Read more
Medical record transfers from English GPs to Scotland are experiencing prolonged delays, HSJ has learned, with Capita’s troubled English GP admin service implicated by officials. HSJ has obtained a letter from an NHS … Read more
The Priory, the private mental healthcare group, faces a multimillion-pound fine for breaching health and safety laws after a 14-year-old girl with a history of suicide attempts died in its … Read more
The Priory Group’s hospital in High Wycombe, which caters for children aged 13 to 17 with learning disabilities and/or autism, is to be closed after the health and care regulator … Read more
A major provider of inpatient learning disability and mental health services has had one of its hospitals placed into special measures by the Care Quality Commission, which raised concerns staff … Read more
Pulse reports that, the grassroots GP campaign group, GP Survival, has called on GPs to boycott working with Babylon until the independent evaluation of its NHS service is complete and … Read more
Babylon, one of Britain’s most prominent digital health start-ups, is trying to raise about $400m, the FT reports. The company spent more than $75m last year on a rapid expansion, … Read more
Digital practice GP at Hand has been cleared to expand into Birmingham, reports the HSJ, following the removal of an objection by NHS England. The Clinical Commissioning Group, which hosts … Read more
Other health services could be jeopardised by the costs associated with the Babylon GP at Hand practice if these are not mitigated, say the host CCG, Hammersmith and Fulhum. The … Read more
The pilot project, Neighbourhood Midwives, was designed to provide a high standard of antenatal, delivery and postnatal care, but suddenly closed 31 January 2019 . Its closure came less than … Read more
A firm profiting from patients who cannot get to an NHS dentist because of cuts is being endorsed by Health Secretary Matt Hancock. Access MyDentist targets areas with big shortages of … Read more
An MP on the health committee said he had received a complaint from a tech company that said it had been “categorically ignored” by the NHS England director at the … 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
A governance review into a troubled clinical commissioning group has highlighted concerns over potential conflicts of interest, a disconnect with local GPs, and estate so poor that a roof caved … Read more
Private online GP provider Push Doctor has partnered with two primary care networks in Birmingham, giving 88,000 NHS patients access to video consultations. In the announcement today, Push Doctor said … Read more
A senior official in the UK’s taxpayer-funded National Health Service has sparked fresh controversy over a “revolving door” between the public and private sectors, after she announced her departure for … Read more
