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The NHS and independent organisations are set to develop more consortiums to bid for large contracts according to head of healthcare at Care UK...

The independent sector defended data sharing last month following criticism of the Care.data scheme about the sell-off of data to private insurers without public...

A number of healthcare experts predicted an increase in the use of co-payment in the NHS last month. Speaking at a DLA Piper event, Healthcare in the Modern World, the experts said the future could see more people paying for some treatments which, under the current system, are available free and at the point of need. Chief executive of Ramsay Healthcare, Jill Watts, warned that current funding methods, such as taxation, were not working. She commented: We don’t want to move away from a free system for all but what does that mean? Will some things be rationed? Will some things be paid for?’

Health sector regulator Monitor has closed its investigation into NHS England’s commissioning of radiosurgery services without making a final decision after the national commissioner...

Children are still being treated in adult psychiatric units miles from home despite a pledge by the Department of Health to stop the practice...

The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) condemned the lack of action by the Department of Health on improving safety in cosmetic surgery following Sir Bruce’s Keogh’s review of the sector in the wake of the PIP implants scandal.

Cigna UK HealthCare Benefits (UKHB) has launched a new dental benefit in response to customer concerns over treatment affordability.The Healthy Discounts feature will be...

Hospital admissions for eating disorders are on the rise, according to new figures releases by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).Admissions were...

Care UK has exited its contract to run a Leeds walk-in centre after commissioners rejected its proposal to continue running the service for a...

The Priory Hospital Glasgow has entered into a partnership with Goldsmith Clinic in Dublin to enable patients requiring inpatient admission to access its services.Goldsmith...