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Surrey to put community services to tender
NHS Surrey has put its community health provider arm out for tender and has released an invitation for bidders.
The five year contract will have...
Priory opens new unit
The Priory Hospital Southampton has opened a high dependency unit for adolescents and increased its provision for acute adolescent care.The number of adolescent beds...
Small independents call on OFT to focus on ‘cosy’ network agreements
Smaller independent hospitals are urging the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to bring insurer network arrangements more explicitly under the scope of its forthcoming...
GPs wasting millions by failing to ask about PMI
GPs could be inadvertently pushing up waiting lists and wasting NHS resources by failing to ask whether patients have private medical insurance, according to...
Price competition moves a step closer
Ministers have taken a small step towards to the creation of a genuine market in the NHS after announcing that providers may be able...
Fee proposals fair but should reward quality says IHAS
A regulatory fee structure for hospital providers, proposed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), promises to be somewhat fairer for independent sector providers but...
Commissioners urged to cut back inpatient referrals
NHS commissioners are being urged to reduce the unnecessary use of inpatient beds in acute and secure psychiatric wards in a bid to tackle...
CCP investigates PCTs over claims they are restricting choice
The Cooperation and Competition Panel (CCP) is investigating complaints that primary care trusts (PCTs) are restricting choice and discriminating against private providers in elective...
Commissioners urged to cut back inpatient referrals NHS commissioners are being urged...
A report on productivity in the mental health sector published by the King’s Fund and the Centre for Mental Health said commissioners should prioritise...
Telehealth could see huge savings
The implementation of telehealth could save the NHS up to £1bn per year and improve quality of life for people with serious medical conditions,...
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