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Brenda I've seen this from both sides - I was contracted by a small North West NHS Hospital Trust to deal with major OH service issues and after restoring the service the Trust decided that the long term best option for it was outsource. (Quite a few NHS Trusts in England now have commercial OH provision.) I'm now working with Cheshire who planned to outsource and went as far as seeing organisations after they'd tendered but have elected (for now) to keep it insourced. In practice it makes little difference - a good well-led service is exactly that, irrespective of whoever owns it. There are pros and cons for in and out source - one big pro is that for the provider it is core business and they take OH very seriously, for the NHS it is rarely seen as core. Both Salus and (OHSAS?) Fife - and probably others - operate as commercial enterpises despite being NHS. So there's not much difference. So far Atos, Capita, Team Prevent and others are in the NHS OH. Who are in the frame and which Board/Trust are you? Happy to provide detailed tips if you can share more. Helen Helen Kirk Programme Manager Shared Occupational Health Services Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust Mob: 07747 713 675 [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] _____ From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Proud, Brenda Sent: 12 December 2007 17:11 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [OCC-HEALTH] privatisation of NHS OH services Good Morning/Evening I am trying to find out if there is anyone out there who is or has worked within an NHS service that has been contracted out to the private sector or that is in the process of being in this position. I currently work in Scotland and we have been told that a private organisation is reviewing our service and this company may well be given the contract. At present it is uncertain as to what stage the negotiations are at - we are told not to worry?? Would be interested in others views. Brenda _________________________________________________________________ The information contained within this e-mail and in any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this message, delete any copies held on your systems and notify the sender immediately. You should not retain, copy or use this e-mail for any purpose, nor disclose all or any part of its content to any other person. All messages passing through this gateway are checked for viruses but we strongly recommend that you check for viruses using your own virus scanner as NHS Greater Glasgow will not take responsibility for any damage caused as a result of virus infection. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH JOBS http://OHJobs.drmaze.net OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING EDUCATION http://www.aohne.org.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH JOBS http://OHJobs.drmaze.net OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING EDUCATION http://www.aohne.org.uk