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Monitor: independent sector could be at an ‘advantage’ under reforms
Figures from the Department of Health indicating that the NHS will hold an advantage over the independent sector under the coalition’s NHS reforms have...
DH ready to wave goodbye to Darzi
Equitable access centres could be scrapped once GP consortia take over commissioning, the Department of Health has said.In a letter to primary care trusts,...
BMI opens new department in Hampshire
BMI has opened a new £2.5m imaging department at its Hampshire Clinic.The unit is the product of a joint venture between BMI and Alliance...
Care UK behind bars
Care UK has secured a £53m contract from the North-East Offender Health Commissioning Unit to provide prison healthcare services to offenders in the north...
Consortia will need to buy in skills from private sector
A skill shortage in the NHS means GP consortia will have to look to the private sector to find the expertise needed to become...
CCP to carry out investigation on commissioning
Circle Health has asked the Co-operation and Competition Panel (CCP) to assess whether NHS Wiltshire – commissioning on behalf of itself, NHS Bath and...
Clinicenta agrees to early wind up of North London contract
Clinicenta’s North London independent sector treatment centre (ISTC) contract is being wound up just six months after its year-long suspension was lifted.The controversial contract...
No ‘overriding need’ for new hospital as Circle bid is rejected
Councillors have blocked a proposal that would have seen Circle Health build and operate a new private hospital in Nursling.At a meeting in February,...
Future of mental health commissioning remains unclear
Mental health providers could be facing months of uncertainty after both the Health & Social Care Bill and the government’s new mental health strategy...
ISTC utilisation soars as more contracts come up for renewal
Independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) are now operating at close to full capacity, dispelling claims that the six-year old programme represents poor value for...
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