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Independent hospitals play their part in flu pandemic planning
With the global swine flu pandemic having hit Britain in recent weeks, the UK’s independent hospital providers are playing their part in both safeguarding...
Recession takes its toll on nation’s health
The economic downturn is leaving Britons stressed, inactive and unhealthy as people look to save time and money by cutting back on exercise and...
Bupa warning over ageing workforce
Higher rates of chronic diseases and mental illness threaten to slash the productivity of UK businesses as the country’s workforce becomes dominated by an...
Mental Health Foundation launches self management programme
The Mental Health Foundation has launched an £816,000 research programme into self management for people diagnosed with a severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia...
Pioneering benchmarking project announced by IHAS
A groundbreaking data collection and benchmarking programme, allowing the independent acute hospital sector to benchmark its clinical and non-clinical performance alongside the NHS, has...
Sancta Maria invests in new scanner
Sancta Maria Hospital in Wales has invested £50,000 in a new Toshiba Aplio XG premium ultrasound scanner.The new scanner will enable diagnostic reports to...
DH says efficiency will help deliver budget savings
The Department of Health (DH) has said it will ramp up efficiency further in order to make the £2.3bn savings in its spending ordered...
Laser eye surgery comes under the spotlight
A damning report by consumer-rights campaigner Which? claims laser eye clinics routinely offer misleading advice about the risks of surgery.
Furthermore, customers are also subject...
Decline in Welsh hospital beds putting patients at risk say doctors
Doctors in Wales have raised concerns that patients are being crammed into hospital wards due to a fall in bed numbers.
The total number of...
GPs standards
Stephen O’Brien asked (20 April 2009: Column 456W) what percentage of GPs’ premises were above all minimum standards set by the Department of Health...
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