Cautious optimism

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Speaking exclusively to CCMN, the head of a leading mental healthcare provider the former NHS manager and now chief executive of independent mental health...

Squeeze will provide opportunities despite continued GP hostility

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Independent sector providers will be at the vanguard of UK health system reforms as political and economic circumstances force GPs to overcome their entrenched...

CIRCA – Alternative dementia care case study

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People with dementia can be helped to communicate more effectively by unlocking their memories, according to a new technology driven project designed by healthcare...

Potential independent intervention through historic franchise tender

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The likelihood of the first independent provider to gain operational control of a district general hospital has increased significantly, following the East of England...

The bitterest pill

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Widespread concerns regarding the inappropriate prescritption of anti-psychotic medication for people with dementia have escalated in the wake of the government-commissioned probe into the...

The bitterest pill

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Widespread concerns regarding the inappropriate prescritption of anti-psychotic medication for people with dementia have escalated in the wake of the government-commissioned probe into the...

Too much ECN is bad for our health warns GHG

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Independent providers taking on large amounts of ECN work to fill gaps in their revenues left by the decline in self pay activity risk...

Adolescent inpatient services: too much or too little?

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Dr Faeza Khan and Dr Mahadev Jasti, consultant adolescent psychiatrists at Affinity Healthcare look at how increasing pressure on beds is impacting on mental...

Legally speaking – The changing procurement landscape

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The procurement landscape is changing with an ever increasing number of challenges to procurement processes. The healthcare sector is by no means immune from this...

CCP delivers verdict on consultants’ restrictions

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Delivering its much-anticipated final report into the highly contentious issue of NHS consultants’ use of their non-contracted hours, the Co-operation and Competition Panel (CCP)...
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