Care behind bars – independent sector opportunity?

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As the prison population continues to grow, so does the proportion of inmates with specialist care needs. Could the independent sector step up and offer...

Too many mental health cases end up in prison

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Many offenders who should have been diverted into mental health or social care pathways after appearing in front of the police or the judicial...

‘Affordable’ health plan targets PMI leavers

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Unless you are in the repossessions market, now is probably not the best time to launch a new company, particularly if your aim is...

The enemy within?

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Dr Laurence Buckman has been portrayed as a dangerous trade unionist on a par with Arthur Scargill, but is he really the enemy of...

Providers split over the future of NHS market as full patient choice makes its...

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Full patient choice launches this month, but there appears to be increasing polarisation amongst independent hospital providers over the potential scale of future NHS...

Focus: Managing a weighty problem – Childhood obesity

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The true scale of the nation's childhood obesity problem has been exposed by the government's National Child Measurement Programme, one of the most comprehensive...

New rules set to level out NHS playing field

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Graham Kendall, former acting general manager of the NHS Partners Network, discusses the impact of the NHS Operating Framework The Department of Health (DH)...

Has healthcare become infected with the wrong words?

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By David Mobbs, group chief executive, Nuffield HospitalsThe last few years have been a period of intense change for the independent healthcare sector. Much of...

Independent sector faces short-term uncertainty as health secretary signals end to central procureme

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Independent sector healthcare providers could be entering a period of increased uncertainty over the next two years after Patricia Hewitt signalled an end to...

Hospitals becoming bad for older people’s health

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Vulnerable, elderly hospital patients face an increasing risk of malnutrition during their stay because nurses simply do not have the time to feed them....
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