Health commentator Richard Bourne gives his experience of trying to extract information from public bodies and tells how accountability and…
Many campaigners remember the privatisation of Hinchingbrooke Hospital. It was claimed far and wide as the answer to turning around…
1,000 low paid porters, cleaners and catering staff working in hospitals managed by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust are to…
Luton and Dunstable FT management have clearly learned nothing from the five years of erratic services they have had from…
Plans for around 1,000 support staff at Frimley Health Foundation Trust’s three hospitals – Frimley Park, Heatherwood and Wexham Park – to be…
Bradford Hospital Trust is seeking to offload much of its non-clinical work to a wholly-owned subsidiary, including all its estates,…
In recent years there has been a rise in the number of spin-off companies within the NHS, which can be…
Staff walked out this morning as part of the first 48-hour strike they have taken on this issue. Rachael Maskell,…
Full story on Open Democracy, 19 September 2018 NHS trusts in England are setting up wholly owned subsidiaries (WOSs) in…
Scrutiny and regulation of the NHS’s use of wholly owned subsidiary companies will be strengthened to ensure trusts do not…