Based on evidence from an extensive review of CQC inspection reports of 177 private hospitals in England, this report identifies serious risks to patient safety in the current private hospital business model.
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Our take on the latest CQC report on Independent Acute Hospitals.
Read MoreThis blog extends CHPI’s existing analysis on PFI in the NHS to look at the education sector in England, and potential avenues for saving taxpayers’ money.
Read MoreWith interest in a greater role for City Hall in London’s NHS this data blog looks at the extent of PFI payments in the city.
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Taken together, the collapse of Carillion and the National Audit Office’s report on the legacy of PFI and PF2 should be the final nails in the coffin of the use of private finance to fund public infrastructure projects. But what can we do about existing contracts?
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This report looks at the significant profits made by PFI companies from NHS contracts over the last 6 years.
Read MoreThis briefing note shows that only by injecting a substantial amount of public funds into the care system will social care become a service which enhances the lives and independence of our older people. Capping care costs would benefit a relatively small number of people and would have little impact on either the quality or the availability of care.
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This report raises questions about the capacity of the NHS to handle the increasing outsourcing of its services to the private sector and its ability to ensure that services provided by the private sector under contract with the NHS are safe, effective and value for money.
Read MoreThis note compares the main health policies in the 2017 election manifestos of the Conservative Party, the Labour Party and the Liberal Democratic Party.
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Social care requires a significant injection of public funds to move from being a residual public service to one which enhances the lives of older people. Until then, the crisis will continue to worsen.
Read MoreThis analysis looks at why the Sustainability and Transformation Fund is not sufficient to eliminate the providers’ deficit in 2016/17, and what the implications of its insufficiency are for providers who accept the funding, and for the NHS in general?
Read MorePublished by the House of Lords Select Committee on October 18th 2016
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