Visiting your local hospital could be a far rarer event as NHS England plan healthcare much closer to home. However,…
One of the most serious affects of outsourcing in the NHS that has been observed is a decline in quality…
Four clinical commissioning groups have appointed new organisations to run GP out of hours services after the collapse of multiple…
England’s care regulator has warned that one of the country’s largest home care providers, private equity-owned Allied Healthcare, could stop…
A community provider’s contract has been extended by four months, pending a court dispute over an integrated care deal. Central…
Virgin Care is likely to lose a children’s contract worth hundreds of millions of pounds as commissioners are set to…
Full story in The Guardian, 23 September 2018 Health visitors are struggling to care for families properly because they have…
Full story in HSJ, 17 September 2018 A community services contract, worth £1.7bn, is set to be procured by commissioners…
Full story in The Independent, 13 September 2018 Cuts to council budgets for addiction services have led to lowest number of people…
A decision by Lancashire county council to award a £104m contract for children’s healthcare services to Virgin Care has been…