CQC tells community mental health services to improve

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has warned mental health services that poor performance could result in an early inspection and affect Star Ratings, after...

Spire Bushey offers next generation genetic testing

Spire Bushey Hospital has teamed up with GeneHealth UK to offer next generation sequencing genetic testing to enable patients to find out their risk...

PsychologyOnline appointed in East Riding

East Riding Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has appointed PsychologyOnline to provide improved access to ‘talking therapies’ for moderate depression, stress and anxiety.The text-based cognitive...

Benenden publishes results of first national health survey

Mutual healthcare society Benenden Health has published the results of its first ever large-scale study monitoring the health and wellbeing of the UK population.The...

First hospitals inspected under new ratings regime

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has announced the first eight independent sector hospitals that will be inspected under its new ratings regime.The new approach...

Blackhealth hospital opens new theatre department

BMI The Blackheath Hospital has opened a new operating theatre department as part of a £3.8m upgrade of its theatre and critical care provision.The...

NHS consortium secures flagship contract

An all-NHS consortium has fended off competition from Care UK and Virgin to secure preferred bidder status for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group’s...

Bupa secures MSK contract

Bupa and its social enterprise partner CSH Surrey has been announced preferred bidder for West Sussex’s £235m integrated musculoskeletal (MSK) care service contract.The five-year...

CCGs failed to promote choice but did not act anti-competitively, says Monitor

Health regulator Monitor has rejected a complaint brought by Spire Healthcare that Fylde and Wyre CCG and Blackpool CCG had directed patients away from...

BAAPS warns on lack of evidence behind new procedures

The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) is calling for the use of a measuring system, similar to that used by surgical journals...