Partnership takes over community hospital

Management and development business specialist Arkanum has sealed a ground-breaking contract to run a community hospital in Essex.Arkanum subsidiary company, Briantree Clinical Services Ltd,...

South West Essex to tender for ten GP practices

NHS South West Essex is inviting expressions of interest from alternative providers to run its directly-managed GP practices as part of plans to rid...

DH welcomes CCP findings on consultants’ non-contracted hours

The Department of Health (DH) and Monitor have advised NHS employers to take account of recommendations made by the Cooperation and Competition Panel (CCP)...

NHS hospitals facing funding deficit of £7.5bn a year

NHS hospitals will need to deliver a 15% to 20% improvement in productivity over the next five years to break even, a white paper...

London will bear the brunt of NHS funding freeze

The NHS in London is heading towards a ‘major financial and organisational crisis’ which could lead to hospitals being closed or downgraded, according to...

Young people spend record days in hospital

The numbers of bed days spent by under-18s in child and adolescent mental health units has hit a record high. Figures released by the...

Minister pledges to shake up out of hours care

The quality of GP out-of-hours services is patchy, with unacceptable variation across the country, the government admitted last month.A major report commissioned by the...

Bupa International enhances online services

Bupa International has launched a range of services designed to make it easier for brokers and customers to use online resources.Brokers will now be...

Company briefs

COAST TO COAST: Homecall, the telecare division of registered social landlord Coast and Country Housing, has completed a £1m upgrade of its systems in...

News in brief

Nuffield backs IT?campaignNuffield Health is supporting BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, in its campaign to raise the public’s awareness and understanding of health...