Taskforce will develop proposals to maximise use of independent sector capacity
The independent sector is set to play a bigger role in reducing NHS waits under plans to accelerate elective recovery announced by Health Minister...
Kaia Health partners with pharma company
Digital therapeutics provider Kaia Health has partnered with Italian pharmaceutical company Chiesi Group to offer its Kaia Health Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) rehabilitation...
IHPN says Labour’s stance on independent sector ‘deeply misguided’
The Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) has hit back at the Labour Party’s pledge to end private sector involvement in the NHS.
In its manifesto,...
Mental health hospital for adolescents placed into special measures
St Andrew’s Healthcare Adolescent Service in Northamptonshire has been placed into special measures following an inspection, which rated it as ‘inadequate’.
Inspectors, who visited the...
CQC sparks leadership concerns about The Huntercombe Group
The Huntercombe Group has been told by the CQC that it must improve corporate governance across its child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS)...
Cromwell Hospital trials device to reduce anaesthetic gas emissions
Bupa’s Cromwell Hospital in London has become the first private hospital in the UK to trial a medical device which captures and recycles waste...
Spire cements future vision in five-year strategy
Spire Healthcare has cemented its plans, first mooted last month, for three targets to help achieve its desired status as the UK’s ‘go-to’ independent...
Demand for rehab services growing, says Circle CEO
Self-pay inquiries for rehabilitation services at Circle Heath’s new Birmingham facility have surpassed expectations since it opened in September, CEO Paolo Pieri said today.
Speaking...
Nuffield to open PPU at St Bartholomew’s
Nuffield Health is to open a £60m 48-bed private patient unit on site at St Bartholomew’s, London’s oldest hospital, following approval from the City...
Trust seeks to reduce outsourcing with in-house orthopaedic centre
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW) has submitted an outline business case to NHS England/Improvement (NHSEI) for the development of a specialist orthopaedic...