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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...
Kingston Hospital in talks with providers to outsource elective surgery
Kingston Hospital in West London is considering outsourcing its elective surgery to an independent sector provider.A spokesperson for the hospital told HMN that it...
Castlebeck acquires Mental Health Care (UK)
Specialist learning disabilities and mental health services provider Castlebeck has acquired Mental Health Care (UK) for an undisclosed sum.Mental Health Care (UK) specialises in...
PMI is second most popular benefit with employees
Staff value PMI above all employee benefits except pensions, according to BUPA’s latest Health of the Nation survey. Over half the people questioned for...
Foundation trusts looking at joint ventures to avoid private income cap
Foundation trusts are creating subsidiary organisations through joint ventures and other arrangements with charitable and private providers to ensure their private patient income falls...
Sickness absence rates rise for first time in two years
The average level of employee absence in the UK has increased for the first time in two years, according to new figures from the...
Quality of care in ISTCs as good as NHS but watchdog calls for improved...
Fresh evidence has emerged that independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) are providing high quality care to NHS patients.
In its long-awaited review of the care...
St Andrews and Cygnet dissolve joint venture
Charitable mental health hospital provider St Andrew’s Healthcare and Cygnet Healthcare Limited have come to an amicable agreement to dissolve their acute psychiatry joint...
New government already reversing public sector reforms, says report
The initial decisions of Gordon Brown’s new government represent a reversal of key public sector reform policies and will put further pressure on public...
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