North west hospital workers set for second strike over outsourcing
Hospital workers in Wigan, Leigh and Wrightington, in north-west England, will be mounting picket lines again on Friday (8 June) at the start of their second 48-hour strike. They first took action against the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS trust’s plans to transfer their jobs to a wholly owned private company, WWL Solutions, on 23 and 24 May. UNISON member Carol, a domestic at Thomas Linacre Centre in Wigan, was one of the workers who took strike action for the first time in her career then. “I was a bit nervous about coming out on strike,” she recalled, “but we’ve all stood together and supported each other. ...
Source: UNISON Health care news - June 5, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: Tony Braisby Tags: Article News health health care hospitals NHS one team for patient care outsourcing wholly owned subsidiaries Source Type: news

Top Tips For R & amp;D Managers Looking To Crack The Lateral Flow Market
With the lateral flow test market set to grow to circa 8.24 billion USD by 2022, it’s an area of the healthcare sector experiencing significant expansion, driven by factors including growing demand for point-of-care testing and home-based care. As decentralized testing becomes a more common requirement, the growing challenge for product managers is to develop outstanding lateral flow products that will create a competitive commercial edge. This can be testing for people who might not be familiar with the technology and processes involved in immuno assay development.   There is a significant uptake in demand around this ...
Source: MDDI - May 22, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Karen Whiting Tags: IVD Source Type: news

I love working for the NHS – so I ’ m striking against being outsourced
“I love working for the NHS,” says Wigan Infirmary domestic Amanda Grimes (below). “We have won awards for being the cleanest hospital and I am very proud to work here.” And that pride is why Amanda will be on strike tomorrow and Thursday (23 and 24 May), alongside hundreds of her catering, cleaning and portering colleagues at the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust in north-west England. UNISON members voted for the strike to prevent the trust from moving them to a new employer called WWL Solutions – which would be a private company wholly owned by the trust as a subsidiary. Staff want to remain...
Source: UNISON Health care news - May 22, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: Tony Braisby Tags: Article News health health care hospitals NHS one team for patient care outsourcing wholly owned subsidiaries Source Type: news

4 ways medtech contractors are evolving (and why)
The present and near future for medtech contractors will rely on specific strategies such as tiered partnerships and consolidation, an emphasis on speed, and owning therapeutic and technology spaces.  Andrew Potter, Bonifacio Consulting Services, and Christopher Delporte [Image from Dominik Scythe on Unsplash]In the first article in this series, we examined some of the important trends during the last 10–15 years that have reshaped the medical device contract manufacturing sector. In that time, the outsourcing market has increased its bottom line, grown its product offerings and capabilities and significantly improved ...
Source: Mass Device - May 21, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Heather Thompson Tags: Contract Manufacturing Bonifacio Consulting Services Source Type: news

NHS England ' s management of the primary care support services contract with Capita
This report finds neither NHS England nor Capita fully understood complexity/variation of service being outsourced and thus service to primary care practitioners has fallen long way below acceptable standard, which has had impact on service delivery and potential to harm patients
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 18, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

NHS must take primary care support back in-house, BMA warns
The BMA's top GP has urged NHS England to bring parts of the primary care support service outsourced to Capita to be brought back in-house, to bring an end to 'two years of chaos'.
Source: GP Online News - May 16, 2018 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news

Wigan hospital staff vote for strike over outsourcing plans
Nearly 600 hospital caterers, cleaners, porters  other staff at three hospitals in Lancashire are planning to strike for 48-hours later this month over plans to transfer their jobs from an NHS trust to a private company it plans to set up as a wholly owned subsidiary. The proposed action on 23 and 24 May follows an 89% vote for strike action in a ballot which saw 73% of eligible members cast a vote. The ballot came after the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh foundation trust announced plans to outsource the NHS workers’ jobs to a new company called WWL Solutions. The members rejected those plans and asked for a strike ballo...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - May 10, 2018 Category: Food Science Authors: Tony Braisby Tags: Article health health care hospitals NHS one team for patient care outsourcing wholly owned subsidiaries Source Type: news

Occupational Safety Improves in Latin America, Except Among Young People
Young municipal workers wear uniforms and other protective equipment while cutting the grass in the Praça Paris park in the Gloria neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The lack of training and the breach of safety requirements by their employers make young Latin Americans the most vulnerable to accidents at work. Credit: Fabiana Frayssinet/IPSBy Fabiana FrayssinetRIO DE JANEIRO, Apr 27 2018 (IPS)Despite progress achieved in occupational safety in Latin America, the rates of work-related accidents and diseases are still worrying, especially among young people, more vulnerable in a context of labour flexibility and unem...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 27, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Fabiana Frayssinet Tags: Civil Society Development & Aid Economy & Trade Editors' Choice Headlines Health Human Rights Labour Latin America & the Caribbean Poverty & SDGs Regional Categories International Labour Organisation (ILO) workplace safety Source Type: news

Occupational Safety Grows in Latin America, Except Among Young People
Young municipal workers wear uniforms and other protective equipment while cutting the grass in the Praça Paris park in the Gloria neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The lack of training and the breach of safety requirements by their employers make young Latin Americans the most vulnerable to accidents at work. Credit: Fabiana Frayssinet/IPSBy Fabiana FrayssinetRIO DE JANEIRO, Apr 27 2018 (IPS)Despite progress achieved in occupational safety in Latin America, the rates of work-related accidents and diseases are still worrying, especially among young people, more vulnerable in a context of labour flexibility and unem...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 27, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Fabiana Frayssinet Tags: Civil Society Development & Aid Economy & Trade Editors' Choice Headlines Health Human Rights Labour Latin America & the Caribbean Poverty & SDGs Regional Categories International Labour Organisation (ILO) workplace safety Source Type: news

UNISON vows to step up fight against wholly owned subsidiaries
Health members in Brighton today voiced their anger at the increasing practice of NHS trusts in England to set up wholly owned subsidiary companies to provide support services, and voted to fight their spread. The practice is widely regarded as backdoor privatisation of health services – putting at risk the pay and conditions of thousands of NHS staff, particularly low-paid women, Black and disabled workers. The importance of the issue was reflected in the fact that nine bodies contributed to the the composite motion being debated. One delegate argued that wholly owned subsidiary companies represented “the biggest thre...
Source: UNISON Health and safety news - April 18, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Demetrios Matheou Tags: Article News 2018 Health Conference fighting cuts and privatisation in the NHS health care wholly owned subsidiaries Source Type: news

UNISON vows to step up fight on wholly owned subsidiaries
Health members in Brighton today voiced their anger at the increasing practice of NHS trusts in England setting up wholly owned subsidiary companies to provide support services, and voted to fight their spread. They warned that the “backdoor privatisation” of health services – put at risk the pay and conditions of thousands of NHS staff, particularly low-paid women, Black and disabled workers. The importance of the issue was reflected in the fact that nine bodies contributed to the the composite motion being debated. One delegate argued that wholly owned subsidiary companies represented “the biggest threat of priva...
Source: UNISON Health care news - April 18, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: Demetrios Matheou Tags: Article News 2018 Health Conference fighting cuts and privatisation in the NHS health care wholly owned subsidiaries Source Type: news

NHS trusts are spending millions outsourcing staff to private companies, says UNISON
NHS trusts across England are spending millions of pounds outsourcing staff to new arms-length private companies, says UNISON today (Monday). Using a Freedom of Information (FoI) request, UNISON has revealed that NHS trusts are shelling-out huge amounts of money on consultants. These companies are advising trusts on the setting up of wholly owned subsidiaries, to which staff are then outsourced. UNISON says that these new companies appeal to NHS trusts because they can reduce their VAT payments, and cut the pay and pensions for any new staff recruited. The health workers that are being transferred tend to be the lowest pai...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - April 15, 2018 Category: Food Science Authors: Clare Santry Tags: Press release 2018 Health Conference Freedom of information NHS wholly owned subsidiaries Source Type: news

The New Health Care: Fighting Over Chores? Spend Some Money, Save the Marriage
Maybe family life would be more harmonious if we just outsourced the housework we disliked, research suggests.
Source: NYT Health - April 2, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: AUSTIN FRAKT Tags: Labor and Jobs Dating and Relationships Outsourcing Vouchers Whillans, Ashley (1988- ) Luxury Goods and Services Source Type: news

Mobile health app development costs $425,000 on average, likely continuing to rise
The average cost of development for a mobile health app from conception to launch is approximately $425,000, with nearly half of this expense outsourced to third-party app development agencies or freelancers, according to new research data recently released from a Research2Guidance survey of 2,400 mobile heal
Source: mobihealthnews - March 26, 2018 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Four steps to safety oversight: DSMBs, CECs and medical monitors
Rachel Silver-Kessler, Director of Clinical Support Services, IMARC Research sponsors and sites know the importance of implementing quality assurance processes for their clinical studies. For safety oversight, what steps can be followed to incorporate Quality Assurance into data safety monitoring boards, clinical events committees and medical monitoring? Take a look at these four tips: 1. Follow thoughtful procedures The FDA guidance, The Establishment and Operation of Clinical Trial Data Monitoring Committees for Clinical Trial Sponsors recommends that data monitoring committees (DMCs) follow written procedures to guide ...
Source: Mass Device - February 20, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Danielle Kirsh Tags: Blog IMARC Source Type: news

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