Join thousands of sector professionals
CQC and HMIP call for prison improvements
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) have called for improvements in healthcare provision in the prison system after...
Care UK begins Bucks operations
Care UK has started delivering healthcare provision to three prisons in the NHS Buckinghamshire area under a five-year contract.The contract includes Aylesbury Young Offenders...
Green shoots emerging in self-pay market
Early signs that the self-pay market could be recovering emerged this month after BMI Healthcare and Nuffield Health both reported a small return to...
Hospital Association plans to take discrimination case to Europe
The uneven playing field may be one of the greatest challenges faced by independent healthcare providers working in the NHS, but it seems the...
UKSH confirmed as preferred bidder for Peninsula ISTC
UK Specialist Hospitals (UKSH) has confirmed its appointment as preferred bidder for the Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre in Plymouth.As reported in HMN in April,...
GPs lack time to make accurate diagnosis
GPs are only getting half the time they need to see patients, making it difficult for them to make accurate diagnosis, according to new...
25-bed hospital opens in Wales
The Vale Hospital, a joint venture between Nuffield Health and consultant partnership Vale Healthcare, has opened at Hensol Park, South Wales.
The 25-bed hospital will...
ATOS will bide time
Atos Healthcare is planning to ‘wait and see’ how the private market develops before making any moves in the sector, following the formation of...
Private providers remain on margins of NHS choice
NHS patients remain largely unaware that they can be treated in private hospitals despite significant increases in patient choice activity being reported by almost...
Fifth theatre opens at Spire Bushey
Spire Healthcare has opened a fifth theatre at its Bushey Hospital in Hertfordshire to meet increasing demand.
Part of a £7m refurbishment programme at the...
©2026 All rights reserved LaingBuisson