Amazon has just teamed up with the NHS – Alexa will now give medical advice from the NHS website when requested by the user. Amazon has stated that all data … Read more
NHS England
An investigation by HSJ has found that hospital trusts are continuing to allow patients to pay to have procedures which are banned or tightly restricted on the NHS. The news … Read more
A consultation has been launched by NHS England on digital first primary care, depending on the results this could result in Babylon’s GP at Hand being stripped of its primary … Read more
NHS England has estimated that over 50% NHS consultants do private work. These consultants get profit from surgery they perform in the private sector and this includes cancer treatment. There … Read more
After BMA contacted all 176 UK CCGs, 78 gave figures on healthcare spending over the last 3 years. The figures showed a staggering £21m spending increase on private providers between … Read more
Simon Stevens, the NHS England chief executive present when discussion and decision to not publish a 2015 report that brought to light concerns about children’s cancer care in London. Despite … Read more
A leading doctor, part of an NHS England group tasked with designing new child cancer standards, has told HSJ that adjustments to soften the projects were “insisted on” by its … Read more
Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust is currently outsourcing over 100 cancer patients into private care provision for their chemotherapy treatment in an attempt to resolve increases in healthcare demands. This contract … Read more
Oxfordshire councillors have accused NHS bosses of endangering patients, “flagrant” lawbreaking and intimidating a leading hospital trust over their controversial privatisation of cancer scanning services. The councillors have written a … Read more
The BMJ reports that Hammersmith and Fulham CCG, which hosts the GP at Hand digital GP service, is cutting the funding for extended hours appointments available to patients at other … Read more
NHS bosses have made a significant U-turn over plans to privatise cancer scanning services after outcry from MPs, doctors and patients. The rethink means the two scanners used for the … Read more
The Guardian reports that government and opposition MPs are asking NHS England to halt the privatisation of cancer screening services in the Oxfordshire area, which doctors are warning will damage … 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
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
All safety restrictions on the type of patients GP at Hand can deliver care to have been lifted following a review by NHS England. The list of conditions previously deemed … Read more
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had planned to press on with creating the new subsidiary company for non-medical staff, but said after receiving clarification from NHS Improvement the plans … Read more
Staff walked out this morning as part of the first 48-hour strike they have taken on this issue. Rachael Maskell, MP for York Central, was meeting workers on the picket … Read more
NHS hospital trusts have been told to stop setting up private companies and transferring staff into them, a move that has provoked strong criticism from health unions and Labour. NHS … Read more
Full story in The Guardian, 10 September 2018 Ministers have been accused of “selling off the NHS family silver” after figures revealed that the amount of health service land being earmarked for … Read more
Full story in BBC News: 11 September 2018 The shortage of NHS staff in England has started worsening again, official figures show. One in 11 posts is vacant with the … Read more
