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Mutuals to compete with independent sector
Andrew Lansley’s invitation to doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals to set up mutuals that will contract with the NHS could see them competing...
DH ready to wave goodbye to Darzi
Equitable access centres could be scrapped once GP consortia take over commissioning, the Department of Health has said.In a letter to PCTs, DH director...
St Luke’s on the block
St Luke’s Hospital Group has been put up for sale with the firm mandating Clearwater Corporate Finance to facilitate the process, HMN can reveal.According...
More uncertainty for sector as reform rhetoric diluted
Private healthcare providers are facing more uncertainty following a month of dilution and mounting opposition to the Health and Social Care Bill.At the beginning...
Priory expands adolescent services in Birmingham
The Priory Group has expanded the specialist services it provides for adolescents at its Woodbourne Hospital in Birmingham in response to growing demand.The hospital...
Lansley slams Payment by Results
Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley has labelled the current system of ‘payment by results’ as outdated and has outlined plans to modernise...
King’s Fund: market forces cannot deliver necessary changes
The King’s Fund has questioned the idea of relying on ‘market forces alone’ to deliver what it considers are much needed changes to the...
NHS PPUs to come under scrutiny of OFT
NHS private patients units (PPUs) will come under the scrutiny of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) as part of its wide-ranging investigation into...
Rising costs could lead to US-style healthcare systems says report
The private sector needs to play a larger role in health systems across Europe if they are to overcome the challenges of changing demographics...
Bupa looks to enhance cancer cover
Bupa is halting the sale of corporate schemes which include time and cost limits to their cancer cover in what is thought to be...
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