Outsourcing continues in specialist care – but what impact are NHS cuts having?

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The future of the specialist care market is discussed in the latest edition of Laing & Buisson’s Mental Health & Specialist Care Services UK...

HMn interviews… Valerie Mitchie

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Valerie Mitchie, managing director of Serco Health talks to Healthcare Market News about being a strategic partner to the NHS and enhancing patient careQCan...

The Health & Social Care Act – then and now

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The new legislation represents a curate’s egg for independent advisers – good in parts, but disappointing in many others. Four key themes emerge from our...

HMn interviews… Ken Wilson

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Q What is your background and how did you begin working with Cygnet?A I have been in the business for a long time. I first...

Latest legal updates

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Health and Social Care Act 2012The Health and Social Care Bill has Royal Assent. The main changes to NHS processes, structures and systems are:NHS Trusts...

HMn interviews Des Benjamin

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The private medical insurance industry is going through a period of consolidation and meeting the challenges of fewer people taking out insurance but self...

The Future for Primary Care Premises

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For many primary care providers, the landlord of their surgery is their local primary care trust (PCT). When PCTs cease to exist in April 2013...

HMN meets Joy Chamberlain of Partnerships in Care

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Q How did Partnerships in Care (PiC) start?A PiC opened its first unit, Grafton Manor in Northamptonshire, in 1983, and its first secure hospital,...

Legally speaking – Business Focus

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Performance dismissalsA report commissioned by the Prime Minister has suggested that unfair dismissal rights should be removed for performance dismissals. The report states that to...

Hospitals look set to face tough competition for a static private healthcare sector healthcare...

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In addition to the revelations on page 1 about competition within the hospital sector the report also analyses further statistics on the country’s acute...
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