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Independent providers bid to run surgery services in Kingston
Kingston Hospital NHS Trust is in detailed discussions with two independent sector providers to run two separate contracts for NHS surgery and private patient...
ISTC information and travel arrangements
Peter Bone asked (13 November 2008: Column 1382W) if the Department of Health will bring forward proposals to provide better information to people about...
Priory loses MoD contract after costs spiral
The Priory Group has lost a lucrative Ministry of Defence (MoD) contract providing all inpatient mental healthcare to Services personnel to a partnership of...
PCTs divest provider functions
Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees teaching primary care trusts (PCTs) have become commissioning-only organisations after outsourcing their entire provider functions to a local foundation trust.In what...
Insurance firms eye top-up opportunities
Health secretary Alan Johnson’s announcement last month on new government guidance regarding medicines for NHS patients, following the landmark review by national cancer director...
ISTCs
Peter Bone asked (6 November 2008: Column 696W) what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) and what...
London market holding up in the face of city job losses
The central London private hospital market has held up well this year despite the credit crunch and widespread job losses in the City, according...
Advent exits US healthcare insurance market
Advent International, the US-based private equity investor which recently acquired Craegmoor Healthcare, has sold its interest in an American provider of outsourced services to...
Dementia
Dan Rogerson asked the Secretary of State for Health (10 Nov 2008: Column 826W) how much he plans to spend on implementation of the...
Company briefs
SHORT CIRCUIT: Philips Electronics, the manufacturer of telecare and telehealth patient-monitoring systems, is cutting its healthcare unit workforce by 5%.
The move is part of...
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