The long-awaited arrival of John Lewis to Brighton city centre may have the unintended consequence of leaving 11,500 patients looking…
The future care of 11,400 residents has been thrown into doubt after a health group announced it would stop running…
Callers to out-of-hours GP services faced waits of more than 12 hours, posing a “significant risk to patient safety”, a…
Independent provider Care UK has won a five-year contract for healthcare services at Wormwood Scrubs prison in West London. The…
NHS patients sent for treatment at smaller private hospitals ‘put at risk due to unsafe staffing and facilities’ (Independent: 30 November…
Nottingham dermatology privatisation ‘unmitigated disaster’ (4 June 2015: BBC News) Potential risk of private contract to Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust…
Private APMS provider has three practices put in special measures by CQC (Pulse: 7 May 2015) Opening general practice to private…
NHS competition could waste millions says Labour, after Care UK complains (The Guardian: 23 August 2015) Practices closures set to…
Private NHS contractor ‘boots out patients before finishing treatment to meet targets’ (Mirror: 21 July 2015) Private providers of out-of-hours GP…
Bupa ‘harming NHS’ by offering patients “bribes” of £2k to use public services instead of private hospitals (Mirror: 8 April 2014)…