The concerns of campaigners that the proposals in the NHS White Paper to give statutory powers to “Integrated Care Systems”…
Sylvia Davidson, Paul Evans & Molly Dawson. On average Clinical Commissioning Groups spend around 15% of their expenditure purchasing healthcare…
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One consequence of awarding NHS contracts to non-NHS organisations is the appearance of litigation over contracts. Prior to the Health…
There are a number of issues surrounding accountability, or rather a lack of accountability, for the non-NHS organisations that win…
One of the most serious affects of outsourcing in the NHS that has been observed is a decline in quality…
Virgin Care has terminated large parts of a controversial prime provider contract in the West Midlands, HSJ can reveal Following an…
Virgin Care is likely to lose a children’s contract worth hundreds of millions of pounds as commissioners are set to…
Full story in The Guardian, 5 August 2018 Virgin has been awarded almost £2bn worth of NHS contracts over the…