Fewer patients being offered choice

New figures released by the Department of Health (DH) have cast doubt on the impact unfettered patient choice will have when it is launched...

PiC moves into Scotland with hospital acquisition

Partnerships in Care (PiC) has acquired a 24-bed low secure hospital from Covenant Healthcare for an undisclosed sum, taking its total portfolio to 1,060...

The Practice opens ophthalmology clinic in Kingston

Primary care company The Practice plc has commenced a contract to provide ophthalmology services for Kingston primary care trust (PCT).Based at Surbiton Community Hospital,...

Castlebeck opens new hospital facility

Castlebeck has opened a specialist hospital for people with autism near Birmingham.Wast Hills House, together with its Lodge and Annexe, is situated in a...

Capio Nightingale launches problem gambling support group

Capio Nightingale has launched a problem gambling support network as part of its specialist Gambling Addiction Service in London.The group will meet one evening...

Mental health in-reach teams

David Burrowes asked (24 January 2008: Column 2234W) what steps have been taken to increase provision of mental health in-reach teams in prison for...

Care UK progressing on unsigned ISTC contracts

Care UK has said it is continuing to work ‘constructively’ towards financial close on four wave two independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs).The company, which...

NHS paying over-inflated prices for agency staff

The NHS is paying agency staff hugely inflated hourly rates to cover shifts, the Conservative party claimed last month.The party used the Freedom of...

NHS reforms dubbed as little more than a ‘national mantra’

The government’s NHS reforms are becoming little more than a national mantra as policies designed to increase plurality and competition fail to make headway...

Monitor consults on income cap rules

Foundation trusts’ private patient activities will come under closer scrutiny this month after Monitor announced it would conduct a full scale inquiry into the...