On average Clinical Commissioning Groups spend around 15% of their expenditure purchasing healthcare from non-NHS organisations, but an NHS Support Federation survey of 2019/20 annual accounts also shows 18 CCGs … Read more
community services
Frimley Health Foundation Trust and Virgin Care Services Limited have been awarded a five-year contract for adult community services worth £85 million by North East Hampshire and Farnham and Surrey … 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
A community provider’s contract has been extended by four months, pending a court dispute over an integrated care deal. Central Surrey Health, a social enterprise providing community services in the … Read more
Full story in HSJ, 17 September 2018 A community services contract, worth £1.7bn, is set to be procured by commissioners in the South West of England Bristol, North Somerset and … Read more
Full story in The Guardian, 5 August 2018 Virgin has been awarded almost £2bn worth of NHS contracts over the past five years as Richard Branson’s company has quietly become … Read more