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Cygnet Health has announced that Cygnet Hospital Derby (CHD) has been granted the Investors in People Award, recognising high standards of staff retention, staff...

Deputy Prime Minister Clegg and Liberal Democrat Peer, Shirley Williams wrote to all Lib Dem MPs last month asking them to support new amendments to the Bill. The amendments aim to tighten rules on competition or the impact of the use of private firms, within the NHS. In the letter they claim the Bill now: has in place safeguards to stop private providers “cherry picking” profitable, easy cases from the NHS, and we have made sure that private providers can only offer their services where patients say they want them.

BMI The Alexandra Hospital in Cheshire is to provide a new, non-surgical treatment for liver cancer. The Drug-Eluting Beads delivering Irinotecan (DEBIRI) treatment is...

Medicash, the health cash plan provider has launched a new corporate health plan, Medicash Proactive. Healthcare benefits for staff start from £1 per week. The plan...

St Andrew’s Healthcare, charitable provider of mental health services, has published the first outcomes data from the Mental Health Recovery Star. Researchers Dr Geoff Dickens,...

Leasing financing arrangements designed to help healthcare organisations acquire the most up-to-date technology, is gaining momentum in the NHS as the number and value...

The George Eliot Hospital (GEH) is considering a private partnership similar to Hinchingbrooke Hospital’s relationship with Circle.The hospital, in Nuneaton, is working with the...

Four practical guides to help current and future commissioners plan and deliver high quality mental health services have been published by the Joint Commissioning...

Perception of the private healthcare sector arguably hasn’t been at lower ebb. What with the PiP scandal tarring all private clinics with the same...

Primary care services provider The Practice plc recorded massive revenue growth for the fifteen month period to 31 March 2011 but went further into the red because of acquisition turnaround costs. Turnover more than trebled from £8.22m to £25.9m. Losses on ordinary activities before tax were £3m compared with losses of £748,214 in the 12 months to 31 December 2009.