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NHS too dependent on hospitalization
The former head of the NHS Confederation has accused the NHS of using hospitals by default rather than fully exploring alternatives such as caring...
Serco exits loss-making healthcare contracts
Troubled outsourcing firm Serco Group will exit two of its clinical health contracts early after revealing it would lose an estimated £17m across three...
Aspen opens £50,000 HDU
Aspen opened a £50,000 high dependency unit at its Holly House hospital last month.The development will enable the hospital to carry out more complex...
Public mistrust of private care grows
A survey by Ipsos MORI for King’s College London found last month that public opinion has hardened against the private healthcare sector.The poll found...
Co-payments could raise an additional £3bn a year for the NHS
The NHS could raise almost £3bn a year by increasing the cost of prescriptions and introducing co-payment for GP visits and hospital ‘hotel’ costs,...
Fitness to practice test proposed
The government has proposed a fitness to practice test for board members at companies registered to the Care Quality Commission in its response to...
Essex CCGs tender enhanced services through AQP
Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in Essex have confirmed they are putting a number of ‘local enhanced services’ (services which are often provided by GPs,...
IHAS joins Skills for Health Board
This month I am writing about the most important asset, the skills of our workforce; and the powerful new resources corporate Boards can now...
Health benefits are unsustainable say employers
Employers recognise the link between health and wellbeing and employees performance but think the rising cost of providing healthcare benefits will make them unsustainable in the long term.
NHS Trust signs deal with online IAPT provider
Online therapy provider SilverCloud Health has signed a deal with Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to deliver a range of online mental health services...
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