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Consultation on CATS a ‘sham’, says BMA
The British Medical Association (BMA) has described the consultation launched by Cumbria and Lancashire primary care trusts (PCTS) on the planned clinical assessment, treatment...
Six-point programme put forward to accelerate NHS reform
A six-point programme which uses choice, competition and pluralism to reshape the NHS and release resources for new investment has been put forward by...
Independent hospitals top nurse employer survey
Independent providers have topped the polls in an annual survey of employers carried out by Nursing Times. The magazine’s ‘Top 100 Nursing Employers’ featured...
Providers performance revealed on HC website
A new web service providing information on the performance of independent acute hospitals, mental health units and independent sector treatment centres has been launched...
BMA urges DH to use NHS rather than private sector capacity to meet 18-week...
The British Medical Association (BMA) has called on the Department of Health (DH) to increase NHS capacity in the run-up to the 18-week referral...
Pioneering cancer treatment at Dunedin Hospital
A pioneering treatment for prostate cancer has been launched at Classic Hospitals’ Dunedin facility in Reading.Cryotherapy, also known as cryoablation or cryosurgery, uses argon...
HFEA publishes clinic league table
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has published a league table of fertility clinics’ performance following a request under the Freedom of Information...
Patients should be charged for some NHS treatments say doctors
Prescription charges should be scrapped but patients should be made to pay for treatments such as tonsil and varicose vein surgery, according to a...
Priory wins first major NHS ‘talking therapy’ contract
Signs that independent sector mental health providers are beginning to benefit from NICE recommendations on extending the use of talking therapies emerged last month...
Mental health services will need 50% spending boost by 2010/11
Spending on mental health services needs to increase by 50% in real terms in order to fully implement government policy, the Sainsbury Centre for...
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