Practice purchases and negligence – can the risk be alleviated?
Hazel Philips, specialist healthcare lawyer at law firm Royds Withy King, looks at the actions corporate dentistry groups can take to mitigate risk when buying...
Setting up in private practice
IDF CEO Sue Smith looks at the options for doctors embarking on the their first independent medical practice
I am making my first moves to...
In rude health
Brexit negotiations will surely continue to cast a shadow of uncertainty over the UK economy in 2020, but with the UK’s initial exit from...
Scaling new summits
IHPN’s first ‘virtual’ summit heard how independent providers have faced down the challenges of Covid-19 with innovation and partnership working
With the independent healthcare sector...
A difficult diagnosis
The backlog in NHS diagnostics has commanded less attention than rising waiting lists for routine surgery, but tackling it will be key to NHS...
Digitalising cancer pathways
The Covid-19 pandemic has driven digitalisation across healthcare services, including cancer care. Gordon Wishart, chief medical officer at Check4Cancer and visiting professor of cancer...
Self-pay: firm foundations or shifting sands?
LaingBuisson’s Private Healthcare Self-Pay UK Market Report 5th Edition has now been published. Its author Liz Heath reflects on what it tells us about...
The eyes have it
Dr Michelle Tempest and Patrick Bansch of bespoke health and social care strategy and investment consultancy Candesic get a close-up look of the private...
Travelling for health
IDF CEO Sue Smith looks at the ups and downs of building and maintaining an international private patient business.
The attraction of an international clientele...
Digital transmission: how Covid-19 is transforming primary care
The speed at which primary care has adopted virtual consultation during the Covid-19 pandemic highlights the ability of digital to disrupt existing models of...