HM Special Reports

Q How did Partnerships in Care (PiC) start?

Suhail Mirza looks at the Health Secretary’s latest measures to curb agency spending in the NHS and argues that perhaps it is time to stop demonising’ temporary staffing providers

GP and public health adviser, Steven Laitner, talks to Healthcare Market News about NHS commissioning and the accountable lead provider model

The co-founder and medical director of Doctor Care Anywhere talks to Maria Davies about what makes the company stand out from the burgeoning crowd...

Rachel Diebel speaks to Andrew MacPherson, managing director of the Strategic Projects Team - and one of the masterminds behind the flagship Hinchingbrooke franchise

The first Social Impact Bond (SIB) was launched in the UK in 2010 and since then numerous bodies have examined how this financing method may be utilised to fund innovative programmes in the healthcare sector and relieve the burden on stretched NHS budgets. This article looks at how this may be achieved and some of the tricky issues that can arise with SIBs. SIBs are a financing method which can bring together private sector funding with public sector commissioners through the delivery of services by private or charity sector operators. In its basic form a SIB will see a public sector commissioner enter into a contract with a private or charity sector service provider who is contracted to deliver a specified outcome, usually in the preventive healthcare sector. Payment under the contract will depend on outcomes being achieved and the level of payment will be linked to the savings realised, for example savings from fewer hospital admissions.

Waiting lists have been steadily rising since the middle of 2012 and forecasts suggest they could spiral as financial pressure mounts and NHS England...

Suhail Mirza talks to Allan Johnson, CEO of the Practice Group, about how his experience in the armed forces and industry has influenced his...

As LaingBuisson's Private Acute Healthcare Conference draws closer, Healthcare Markets meets speaker Mark Aichroth, COO of the Nuada Group, to get his perspective on...

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