More NHS services open for private providers - report

The move, reported by Pulse, the GPs in-house publication, would see nine more PCTs follow the lead taken by NHS East of England in contracting out the entire pathway for various diseases and treatments. NHS Bassetlaw, NHS Hampshire, NHS Coventry, NHS Calderdale, NHS Brighton and Hove and NHS Outer North East London (a cluster covering four PCTs) are all considering putting entire care pathways out to tender, the article said. It also noted that several had started discussions with GP commissioners about the move already. The Pulse report continued to explain that NHS Outer North E...