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DH looks to redress under-utilised ISTC contracts
The Department of Health (DH) could negotiate extended contracts with independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) that have not performed all of their contracted procedures.In...
Risk-based inspections here to stay
The Healthcare Commission has said that the new risk-based approach to the inspection and regulation of hospitals is ‘here to stay’ despite admitting that...
Health minister pushes for cuts to temporary staff bill
Health minister Lord Warner has told NHS trusts that they need to do more to curb their spending on temporary staff. Speaking at a...
Classic Hospitals opens NHS unit
Classic Hospitals has become the first independent sector hospital provider to open a dedicated NHS patient wing at one of its hospitals. The Legal...
Early pregnancy unit at the Portland
The Portland Hospital for Women and Children has opened a new early pregnancy unit specialising in care for women during the first 12 weeks...
Evercare programme fails to reduce admissions
The Evercare case management system for patients with chronic conditions fails to reduce emergency admissions, emergency bed days or mortality, according to a study...
Care UK launches urgent care service
Care UK has launched a new urgent care service in Luton and Bedfordshire. The service, which has been developed in conjunction with two local...
DH figures confirm that dentists are quitting NHS
Over 1,600 dentists quit the NHS in first three months following the introduction of the new dentists’ contract. Figures released by the NHS Information...
Sectioned patients forced to stay at home due to NHS bed shortage
Demand for acute mental health beds is outstripping supply in some areas of England, with GPs unable to find beds in NHS hospitals for...
Providers at crisis point as drug treatment referrals fall
Referrals to residential drug rehabilitation centres are drying up because local drug action teams (DATS) are choosing to commission more community-based services. According to...
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