Full story in HSJ, 17 September 2018 Under the preferred option, set out by commissioners, Medway Foundation Trust will lose its…
A private mental health hospital which treats NHS funded patients including children has been judged inadequate for safety by CQC inspectors. The…
The chairman of the BMA is concerned about the future of the building of two major hospitals previously contracted out…
The safety of NHS patients treated in private hospitals has been raised directly with health secretary Jeremy Hunt following the…
Hospital trusts are spending millions of pounds setting up arm’s-length private companies, which health unions fear will turn staff transferred…
Over-reliance on informal arrangements by independent hospitals and doctors is a “major concern” and could put patients at risk, the…
Growing numbers of hospital trusts are transferring staff into newly created private subsidiary firms in a move health unions warn…
The government will launch an independent national inquiry into the actions of the rogue surgeon Ian Paterson, who was sentenced…
A private healthcare company has sent letters to hundreds of GPs setting out a price list of operations they could…
The most well-known contract failure in hospital services is that of Hinchingbrooke Hospital and the contract for its management with…