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Oasis Healthcare is continuing on the acquisition trail after buying Apex Dental Care for an undisclosed sum.Established in 2007, the 31-practice portfolio provides NHS...

The June deadline for moving all service users inappropriately placed in ‘large scale’ hospital or care homes into community settings will not be met,...

A former Labour Health Minister has said that the NHS will have to introduce patient charges to survive the next five years of austerity.In...

New research from AXA PPP has revealed that ‘presenteeism’ is becoming an increasing problem, particularly among workers in the Capital.A survey of 2000 people...

BMI Healthcare has launched a dedicated ‘credit card’ designed to help prospective patients spread the cost of self-pay treatment.A bit like a store card,...

The June deadline for moving all service users inappropriately placed in large scale’ hospital or care homes into community settings will not be met, the director of the Winterbourne View Joint Improvement Programme has revealed. At the end of 2012, the government issued a mandate to NHS commissioning boards to review all current placements for people with learning disabilities and autism by June 2013 with all those who have been placed inappropriately in hospital or large-scale residential care moved to community-based support no later than June 2014.

BMI Healthcare has launched a dedicated credit card’ designed to help prospective patients spread the cost of self-pay treatment.

The future of the Eccleshill Treatment Centre, which is currently operated by Care UK is now uncertain following a decision by NHS Bradford District Clinical Commissioning Group not to renew its longstanding contract. Care UK’s contract is set to end on 7 July. It did submit a new bid to continue running the centre but that bid, along with proposals from two other unnamed organisations, was rejected.

Circle Health founder and former chief executive Ali Parsa has launched a health app which enables users to book virtual appointments with GPs and specialists, order prescriptions and monitor symptoms.

A former Labour Health Minister has said that the NHS will have to introduce patient charges to survive the next five years of austerity.