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Challenges ahead for 18-week target
More patients are being seen within the government’s 18-week referral to treatment target, but considerable challenges remain, particularly in trauma and orthopaedics.According to the...
Stigma still surrounds mental illness
The British public’s perceptions of people with serious mental illness are still grounded in fear and ignorance, according to a new report commissioned by...
DH poised to pull the plug on South East Coast diagnostics deal
The Department of Health (DH) has confirmed that another diagnostics contract could be scrapped following a revalidation exercise. A final decision on the South...
DH terminates Atos Origin’s diagnostic contracts
The Department of Health (DH) has terminated Atos Origin’s two diagnostic contracts in the north west and south west just three months after services...
GP services could be contracted out if they fail to extend opening hours
Local primary care services could be contracted out to private companies unless GPs respond to patients’ requests for extended opening hours.A letter sent to...
NHS should introduce direct payments system, says report
Patients should be a given a personal budget to pay for their healthcare directly, according to a new report from the University of Birmingham’s...
Health secretary confirms only ‘some’ wave two ISTCs will go ahead
A third contract from the second wave of independent sector treatment centre (ISTC) procurement has been signed, but further schemes will be cancelled unless...
New schemes designed to increase access to talking therapies
The Department of Health (DH) has given the go-ahead for eleven new primary care trust (PCT) led projects designed to improve access to psychological...
ISTCs and doctor training
Tim Yeo asked (26 July 2007: Column 1300W) what assessment the Department of Health (DH) had made of the effects of ISTCs on the...
Closures and new services at Capio Nightingale
Capio Nightingale has closed two of its facilities in Liverpool in London.
It is thought that Cambian is in the process of acquiring the loss-making...
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