…workplaces. There is also no doubt that there is overwhelming support for the health workers dispute across all communities. Any attack on the strikes by anti-union and conservative commentators facilitated…
…common occurrence in the past decade. Changes in Quality of Care after Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions looks at the US experience, where of course many hospitals are commercial businesses: but…
…much funding from the public purse, cannot be anything other than a political issue. The competence and financial commitment of the government of the day should be open to public…
…have agreed to fork out substantial bonuses in addition to overtime payment to staff willing to commit in advance to working an extra 9 hours per week for 4 or…
…difference. One common factor between the HFMA and the NHS Confederation (which represents commissioners as well as providers) is their fear for the financial squeeze to come. The HFMA bluntly…
…contracts with a pre-authorised shortlist of private, public sector and non-profit providers with limited if any further competitive tendering. Recent examples include a £500m facilities management framework NHS and public…
…meant that £10.5 billion worth of these contracts were awarded directly to companies without any open competitive procedure taking place. A further £6.7 billion was awarded directly to companies that…
…note ruefully that “Since 2014 nearly half the profit in the independent sector has disappeared, and it is hard to see it coming back with expanded competition and increasing costs.”…
Biomedical scientists, who have been on the frontline of Covid-19 testing at a Lancashire NHS trust, will stop doing night, weekend and late shifts as part of a month-long strike…