The country’s biggest accountancy firms have made at least £17.6m to date helping the NHS draw up plans that will lead to the closure or downgrade of hospitals. KPMG, McKinsey … Read more
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A private provider has launched legal proceedings against eight NHS commissioners after losing a bid for a £82m children’s community services contract. Virgin Care Services Limited issued court proceedings in … Read more
GP support services remain a ‘chaotic mess’ despite nearly a year passing since NHS England outsourced the services to Capita, the GPC has warned. The GPC said that the Government … Read more
A hospital trust which is £135million in debt has sparked fury by handing a whopping £600million contract to Serco. Debt-ridden Barts Health NHS Trust is already in Financial Special Measures … Read more
Family doctors have criticised the “shambles” that has ensued after the firm Capita was handed a £700m contract to provide important backup services to GP surgeries across England. GP practices … Read more
The myriad different bodies that make up the NHS in England and their opaqueness, especially in terms of contracts to provide services, makes mapping the true extent of the privatisation … Read more
Sixteen West Midlands clinical commissioning groups are set to mobilise a new integrated NHS 111, GP out of hours and urgent care service across a population of 4.6 million after … Read more
London CCGs award urgent primary care contract Six south west London clinical commissioning groups have awarded an integrated urgent care contract – combining NHS 111 and out of hours 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
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
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
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
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
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
An NHS contract worth £750m that collapsed in December after just eight months was effectively signed off by the regulator and NHS England, despite questions about its viability. The contract – the … Read more
