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Private equity investing in UK healthcare – how does it work, and …

WEBUK healthcare companies have become a major target for private equity investors in recent years, according to a report earlier this year from consultancy …

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About us – campaigning journalism on the NHS

WEBThe Lowdown will help any supporter of the NHS, staff member, trade unionist or campaigner to keep pace with a full range of NHS issues and policy. We will …

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Q&A: Babylon Health

WEBBabylon says the technology is a form of artificial intelligence (AI). The app can be personalised by the use of a dashboard of the users health statistics acquired …

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NHS Reorganisation – a never ending story

WEBNHS Reorganisation – a never ending story. June 28, 2021. For the first 26 years of its life after it was launched on July 5 1948 the NHS was hardly changed in …

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Integrated Care Systems – Q&A

WEBKey points From 1 July new Integrated Care Systems will replace the existing local commissioners for health (CCGs) and take on some extra functions. ICSs …

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Are GPs already privatised or still part of the NHS

WEBKey facts. 27% of GPs are salaried employees of their practice. There are 36,000 full-time equivalent GPs (including trainees and locums) The average number of …

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US company in takeover of network of GP practices

WEBFebruary 4, 2021. Operose Health Ltd, the UK arm of the large US healthcare insurance provider Centene Corporation, is to take over AT Medics, one of the leading providers of …

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Who’s cashing in on ICSs

WEBIn April this year consultancy.uk reported that over 50 consulting firms had “won a spot on a £200 million consultancy and advisory framework from the University …

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Centene’s investment shake-up could mean NHS u-turn

WEBThere was little public attention paid to the decision last year by US health corporation Centene to spend a reported $700 million in cash to buy out the remaining …

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NHS England: five years of failure that have plunged NHS into …

WEBEvery informed observer has warned that the famous £20.5 billion real terms “extra” funding over five years repeatedly announced since last summer [and now …

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Collapse of private company partner in community diagnostics hub

WEBThe private cancer diagnostic and treatment company Rutherford Health has been placed into liquidation. Only eight months ago the opening of a new community …

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50 contract failures found in NHS outsourcing review (2013-2019)

WEBDecember 9, 2019. The NHS market : a catalogue of failures (2013-19) The history of outsourcing in the NHS is marked by a catalogue of significant failures. The set up and …

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Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding

WEBBy NHS Support Federation February 28, 2023. 10 evidence based reasons for sustained rises in NHS funding –. More than expected, but half the sum needed, the …

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Operose flogged off, with 60 GP practices

WEBBy John Lister. The giant American health corporation Centene has now completed a divestment of all its health care investments in England by selling off its …

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Why does NHS privatisation matter

WEBWhy does NHS privatisation matter? By Paul Evans February 19, 2021. Key arguments in brief. The NHS is open to all patients, whereas private companies will …

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More trouble with NHS contracts and outsourcing

WEBThe obligation for competitive tendering has led over the years to a large number of private companies being involved with providing services to the NHS. The …

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The History of Privatisation – Part 1

WEBThe History of Privatisation – Part 1. By John Lister March 2, 2020. In just over a year of publication, most issues of The Lowdown have carried reports on the …

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