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…
Since 2012 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and Trusts have sought to outsource non-emergency transport for the NHS. Emergency work has…
Contracts in the area of community healthcare can be very complicated, involving many different organisations and different areas of care.…
In primary care, the government’s enthusiasm for private company involvement led to encouraging groups of GPs to band together to…
The most well-known contract failure in hospital services is that of Hinchingbrooke Hospital and the contract for its management with…
People with drug and alcohol addiction are being put at risk of harm at many independent residential rehabilitation units, a…
A trust faces a £48m repair bill to make one of its hospitals safe because of loopholes in the drafting…
A legal dispute between Virgin Care and six Surrey clinical commissioning groups has been resolved – with an apparent payment…
Plans to introduce an online consultation system for GPs may not fix workload and waiting time issues in the way…