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Private firms harming NHS patients by failing to deliver medicines, Lords report warns

‘Real and serious problems’ in UK medical homecare sector going unaddressed due to failures in regulation, damning review says

The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2023

Private health firm Sciensus fails to fix defects that led to UK patient’s death

Exclusive: Regulator extends part suspension of licence to July 2024 after IT blunder led to incorrect dosage of cancer treatment

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2023

NHS ombudsman warns Sciensus that patients ‘should not be ignored’

Exclusive: boss of courier given 28 days to improve complaints system after reports of vital drugs being delayed or missed

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2023

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Sciensus’s licence partly suspended after death of cancer patient

Regulator acts after firm paid millions by NHS for healthcare gave patients wrong chemotherapy dose

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2023

Cancer patient dies and 4 hospitalised after being given 'unlicensed' chemotherapy drug

The patient, who has not been named, was one of four people given an unlicensed version of prostate cancer medicine cabazitaxel, and authorities are now investigating

Daily Mirror · Jul 8, 2023

Patient dies and three hospitalised in Sciensus chemotherapy incident

Exclusive: Regulators investigate after patients received unlicensed treatment from firm paid millions by NHS

The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2023

Lords to investigate private health firms used to deliver NHS drugs

Move follows Guardian investigation of botched, delayed or missed deliveries by homecare medicine provider Sciensus

The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2023

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Medicines courier Sciensus was warned it was failing patients three years ago

Exclusive: Haemophilia Society wrote to boss Darryn Gibson about dangers of missed deliveries and patients remain at ‘very serious’ risk

The Guardian - UK · May 12, 2023

Seriously ill children put at risk by firm’s failure to deliver NHS medication

Exclusive: Parents say Sciensus let children down with botched or missed deliveries, and NHS medics warn some are suffering avoidable harm

The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2023

‘Her pain has come back’: sick child left without medicine by courier used by NHS

The mother of Autumn Powell, 8, says her daughter got more unwell after Sciensus failed to deliver

The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2023

Watchdog repeatedly told about private NHS medicines courier

Exclusive: Ombudsman has received 18 official requests to examine grievances against Sciensus since August last year

The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2023

UK patients: share your experiences with the healthcare company Sciensus

The company is paid by the NHS to provide healthcare at home and transport vital drugs and medical items to about 200,000 patients

The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2023

Regulator to review safety concerns over medicines courier used by NHS

Exclusive: private company Sciensus has struggled to provide reliable service, Guardian investigation finds

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2023

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