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Out of hours provider to go into administration

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 said on Thursday it will stop its services in Leicester, Leicestershire, Rutland and north Nottinghamshire. It transferred them to other providers on Friday.

CNCS has stopped running out of hours services at King’s Mill Hospital

The news comes against the backdrop of pressure on general practice and out of hours services across the country. HSJ has been told that services in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland have moved to Derbyshire Health United, the out of hours provider for North Derbyshire, South Derbyshire, Hardwick and Erewash clinical commissioning groups.

Nottingham Emergency Medicine Service has taken over running out of hours services at King’s Mill and Newark hospitals in Nottinghamshire.

Care home support services, also provided by CNCS, have been transferred to Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust….read more

HSJ: 13 May 2016

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