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A Budget for healthcare?
Public Policy Projects director Ben Howlett takes a closer look at the Chancellor’s focus on the NHS
Philip Hammond’s first autumn Budget is as interesting...
A head for business
Huntercombe Group CEO Valerie Michie has steered the company through huge changes since she took over in 2014. As parent company Four Seasons embarks...
The big freeze
Whatever analysis you choose to look at, the NHS is missing key targets on waiting times for cancer, A&E and elective surgery. As trusts...
HM meets… Fiona Booth
Getting positive messages about independent healthcare into the public arena involves a delicate balance between celebrating the sector’s successes and not appearing to criticise...
Time to move on?
Stakeholders from across the independent sector and the NHS gathered in London last month for LaingBuisson’s Annual Private Acute Healthcare Conference. With discussion ranging...
Choice information
Almost a decade after NHS patients were first granted free choice of all hospitals, patient awareness of the right to choose remains stubbornly stuck...
STPs – Next steps on the NHS estate
Trowers and Hamlins Hilary Blackwell and Kyle Holling look at the options for transforming NHS estate
The NHS Five Year Forward View set out some key...
Before the storm
The latest research by LaingBuisson indicates that demand for private medical cover has returned to stasis but given the negative headwinds of rising IPT...
HM Meets…Alex Perry
There is nothing like a common enemy to bring together warring factions. The government's stance on IPT is fast making it the scourge of...
Body and mind: should insurers cover both?
Providers of Private Medical Insurance are divided as to how and whether they should cover mental health conditions but some providers are ahead of...
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