…PCR testing quickly if required – for example, if a new concerning variant meant increased PCR testing was necessary or in the event of a future pandemic. “Now that the…
…January Governing Body meeting heard that the latest service to be contracted out is for non-emergency patient transport service across BaNES, Swindon & Wiltshire. From June 1 E-zec Medical Transport…
…in the House of Commons last week, with minimal pre-publicity. Snappily titled the National Health Service Reserve Staff Bill, and backed by health secretary Matt Hancock and Commons health select…
…number of GP surgery contracts, was acquired by Centene in 2017. Operose’s direct parent company in the UK is MH Services International (UK) Ltd. This latest acquisition is a further…
…original investment, representing a commendable average cost-benefit of 8.3. This led the organisation to brand austerity-driven cuts to public health expenditure a false economy, effectively committing the NHS and the…
…state. This research by The House is the latest to be published in 2023, which paints a picture of a system that is letting down thousands and thousands of children….
NHS England regional ICB update – (latest Oct 2023) In England Integrated Commissioning Boards plan and commission the majority of local health services. This is the latest (Sep-Oct 2023) in…
…promised the NHS would have an extra 5,000 beds available to help the NHS cope in the next winter. The promise was repeated by the latest Health and Social Care…
The Thatcher government began the drive to contract out ancillary services in NHS hospitals in the mid 1980s, devising more and more ways to compel reluctant health authorities and hospital…