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PCT considering franchise-style GP services
Private providers could be brought in to run GP services in Birmingham if local GPs refuse to go along with plans drawn up by...
Farewell wave two…
It is almost five years since HMN ran with the lead story that independent sector providers had been invited to run what were then...
Managers adopt healthier lifestyles
Senior managers have healthier lifestyles than employees with no managerial responsibilities, according to new findings from Legal & General.The Health Uncovered research reveals how...
Diagnostic scans
Mike Penning asked (19 November 2007: Column 620W) what percentage of diagnostic scans in the NHS were carried out by private healthcare companies in...
Progress of PbC has been limited says Audit Commission
The introduction of practice based commissioning (PbC) is making limited progress and has been hampered by reorganisation in the NHS and a lack of...
Charity urges PMI providers to review cancer policies
Beating Bowel Cancer is calling on all PMI holders to review their cancer cover after a survey revealed that over two thirds of PMI...
City workers have least sickness absence
City of London workers take off significantly fewer sick days than the national average but use up annual leave to visit a GP, according...
FIPO launches new patient charter More than twenty professional medical organisations have...
Launched last month at a meeting attended by health minister, Lord Darzi of Denham, the FIPO patient charter reaffirms doctors’ commitment to high-quality patient...
DH announces first PCTs to get new GP practices
The Department of Health (DH) has unveiled plans to establish new GP practices in 38 primary care trusts (PCTs) identified as having the poorest...
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GVA Grimley restructuresCommercial property consultancy GVA Grimley LLP has secured a £40m investment from Lloyds TSB Development Capital as part of a restructuring that...
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