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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 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...
Syston Health Centre, a vision of the future?
A new health centre, designed to provide a modern one-stop primary care facility to NHS and private patients has been opened by Her Royal...
Out-of-hours GP services
Mark Hoban asked (25 January 2008: Column 2293W) what measures the Department of Health uses to monitor patients’ access to out-of-hours GP services.Ben Bradshaw:...
News in brief
NHS waiting timesThe number of NHS patients waiting less than three months for inpatient treatment fell again in December to 536,858 from 546,031 the...
CBI pins its colours to the mast over ISTCs
The CBI has sparked fresh controversy surrounding the role of independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) just as anticipation intensifies over this month’s decision on...
Employers’ medical costs set to accelerate
The cost to UK employers of providing private medical benefits is expected to increase by 8% this year, according to a global poll of...
Pilot launched for complaints streamline
Following a four month consultation into proposals to change the complaints procedures for health and social care delivery, the Department of Health (DH) has...
Pembroke opens integrated care centre
An integrated health and social care facility which could be the first of a new breed of centres across Wales was opened by Pembrokeshire...
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