A third young people’s mental health service run by Cygnet Health Care has been heavily criticised by the Care Quality Commission – which ordered admissions to be suspended unless it … Read more
Virgin Care has demanded more money for a controversial prime provider contract it signed with commissioners in Staffordshire last year, HSJ has learned. East Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group has said it is … Read more
NHS England named Cygnet Health Care as a partner in a new care model for young people’s mental health 10 days after inspectors found serious failings at its hospital in … Read more
A mental health hospital in Woking recorded 24 serious incidents a year including serious self harm a CQC inspection has found. There were several serious failings including, failure to protect … Read more
A company operating one of the first integrated NHS 111 and GP out of hours services is to hand back the contract to the NHS. Primecare was placed in special … Read more
NHS Improvement has outlined plans to create 29 pathology networks across England in a bid to save £200m – or nine per cent of the total spend – as part … Read more
Ministers have been accused of “wasting millions of pounds” after abandoning the controversial sale of an NHS staffing agency. Public services union Unison protested that exploring the aborted privatisation of NHS Professionals had involved … Read more
The NHS is “leaking” money to private companies in contracts to build and run hospitals, a report says. Under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI), companies provide money for new hospitals … Read more
A sustainability and transformation partnership in the East Midlands has recruited Capita to help with the creation of its accountable care system. The Nottinghamshire and Nottingham STP has awarded a … Read more
A terminally ill cancer patient has protested after the NHS hospital where she receives palliative therapy included advertisements for a private clinic with her appointment letter. Ali Schofield, 33, who … Read more
Labour is demanding an inquiry into the privatisation of a government-owned NHS recruitment firm that saves hospitals £70m a year. NHS Professionals helps the health service in England tackle its … Read more
“A GP, eh? Well I guess there are worse things you could do.” That was the only careers advice I got in my final year at medical school. The Royal … Read more
Theresa May has been urged to tighten checks on private hospitals used by the NHS after a Labour MP raised the case of a young patient with an open wound … Read more
GPs are seeking to claim a quarter of a million pounds in unpaid bills from NHS England, its support services provider Capita and other NHS organisations, after a GP pressure … Read more
The Department of Health has spent nearly £2m on the stalled sale of a majority stake NHS Professionals, the health service’s in-house temporary staffing agency. The DH has spent £1.9m … Read more
Professor Tim Briggs has said the NHS must stop “leaking” £1.4bn to private providers to ensure its survival. Professor Briggs, who is leading the Getting It Right First Time programme … Read more
Privatisation has long been held up as a panacea to the NHS’s problems. The first ‘PFI’ (Private Finance Initiative) schemes in the 90s were hailed as a possible solution to … Read more
Commissioners in north London have awarded an extended primary care services contract to a private provider over the GP federation that was already providing the service, HSJ has learned. Camden Clinical Commissioning … Read more
A Midlands clinical commissioning group is locked in a contract dispute with Virgin Care over a controversial “prime provider” contract awarded last year, HSJ has learned. East Staffordshire CCG disagrees with “contractual … Read more
The tender process in Staffordshire for a controversial contract for cancer services worth £687m has been abandoned; the consortium led by Interserve, failed to convince commissioners its offer was financially … Read more
