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…
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…
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…
Bupa ‘harming NHS’ by offering patients “bribes” of £2k to use public services instead of private hospitals (Mirror: 8 April 2014)…
Dr Foster consortium wins major commissioning support deal (HSJ: 8 December 2015) Winners of five Midlands commissioning support contracts named (HSJ: 8…
Landmark £800m outcomes based contract collapses after eight months (HSJ: 3 December 2015) MPs round on ambulance firm Arriva after revelation…
Nineteen NHS patients have had the outcome of their cataract surgery reviewed after at least two had problems with their eyes following…