Healthcare Commission fees

John Hayes asked (25 January 2007: Column 2034W) what the cost was to voluntary healthcare providers of fees payable to the Healthcare Commission in...

Manchester CATS

Brian Iddon asked (26 January 2007: Column 2139W) what consultation there has been on the proposed integrated clinical assessment and treatment services (CATS) in...

Independent sector costs

Tim Farron asked (30 January 2007: Column 273W) what the evidential basis was for the statement by the primary care trusts of Lancashire and...

Cumbria and Lancashire CATS location

Geraldine Smith asked (31 January 2007: Column 403W) whether there are plans for a clinical assessment treatment and support (CATS) centre in the Morecambe/Lancaster...

Cumbria and Lancashire CATS

Tim Farron asked (19 February 2007: Column 29W) whether a guarantee has been made to an independent sector provider that GPs will refer to...

Netcare

Gordon Marsden asked (19 February 2007: Column 56W) what recent assessment has been made of the health services provided by Netcare in the UK;...

Healthcare Commission drives faster towards risk-based inspection regime

The Healthcare Commission plans to step up the pace of its reforms to independent sector regulation and inspection in the wake of the government’s...

Care UK to take over running of NHS hospital

Care UK is set to become the first independent healthcare provider to take over the running of an entire NHS hospital after its 50%...

DH announces first four new community hospitals

The Department of Health (DH) has announced the first four PCTs to successfully bid for a share of its £750m community hospital fund. The...

Poor data is compromising clinical governance in ISTCs

A leaked Healthcare Commission report has criticised the clinical data collected by independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs), describing it as ‘incomplete and of extremely...