PHIN meets extended target for publishing consultant data
The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) has published initial performance measures on over 1,000 consultants working in private healthcare.
The data was originally due for...
IVF must re-establish ethics and innovation, says CREATE CEO
‘Ethics and strategic decision-making’ need to be re-established if the IVF market is to grow in the UK, CREATE Fertility and abc IVF chief...
PM announces additional £3.5bn for primary and community care
Primary and community care will be shored up with additional funding in a bid to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions, Theresa May announced today.
The Prime...
Some private SARCs failing young victims, says BBC investigation
Young victims of sexual assault may not be being forensically examined quickly enough in privately-run sexual assault referral clinics (SARCs), a BBC investigations has...
Expansion of telehealth could deliver savings of £7.5bn, says NHG
Health services in England could potentially save £7.5bn a year if digital health technology was rolled out nationally, according to a new report by...
HarleyStreet.com launches online consultation service
A new service enabling patients to book online consultations and second opinions with specialists has been launched by LaingBuisson on HarleyStreet.com in partnership with...
Bubb calls for end to institutional care following latest Panorama exposé
The head of the taskforce set up to review inpatient services for people with learning disabilities in the wake of the Winterbourne View scandal...
NHS trusts want same business rates as private hospitals
NHS trusts are taking councils to court over business rates, arguing for the same treatment as charitable private hospitals.
Public sector institutions are required to...
InHealth reaches agreement over Thames Valley contract
Diagnostic services provider InHealth has signed a deal to provide PET-CT scanning services in the Thames Valley after it was agreed that Oxford University...
Independent hospitals making progress on quality agenda
The Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) has welcomed the CQC’s latest State of Care report, which shows continuing improvement in the quality of care...