Independent sector providers make it through Staffordshire PQQ Five independent sector providers are among...

CSC Computer Sciences Ltd, Interserve Investments and United Health UK (which has recently been trading as Optum) have all made it through the Pre-Qualification...

BMI opens refurbished health assessment centre

BMI Healthcare’s corporate wellbeing division, HealthFirst, has completed a £30,000 refurbishment of its City Medical health assessment centre in London.The newly refurbished clinic is...

Aviva tops insurance brand league table

All three major PMI providers have made it into the top ten of Brand Finance’s annual league table of the most valuable insurance brands.Aviva...

CQC reports on quality of OOH services

A report by the Care Quality Commission has concluded that although there are many good examples of excellent practice in GP out-of-hours services, variation...

Benenden launches health assessments

Wellbeing specialist Benenden has launched a series of health assessments after a study showed British adults were more likely to splash out on the...

Independent sector providers make it through Staffordshire PQQ Five independent sector providers are among...

CSC Computer Sciences Ltd, Interserve Investments and United Health UK (which has recently been trading as Optum) have all made it through the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) stage for the £687m cancer care programme. The same three organisations have also been shortlisted for the £535m end-of-life care contract, alongside Virgin Care Ltd and Health Management.

ACE launches sickpay plus in UK

ACE Group has announced the launch of Sickpay Plus, an income assistance product designed to help employers with daily living expenses when accident or...

Nightingale is first in UK to offer pioneering depression treatment

Nightingale Hospital has become the first hospital in the UK to offer a new service for people with ‘treatment resistant depression’.Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation...

New endoscopy suite opens at the Chaucer

BMI’s Chaucer Hospital in Kent has opened a new £460,000 endoscopy facility.The unit took three months to develop and includes new equipment, private pre-assessment...

IMHSA welcomes five year plan for mental health

The Independent Mental Health Services Alliance (IMHSA) has welcomed the publication of the government’s five-year plan for mental health, but said it needs to...