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PCTs encouraged to offer more choice in mental health services
Mental health patients will be given more choice over their treatment under new guidance published by the Department of Health (DH) last month. The...
St Andrew’s rebrands
St Andrew’s Group of Hospitals has been rebranded St Andrew’s Healthcare. The move, which includes a new logo, is aimed at reflecting the charity’s...
BUPA report sparks new debate on future of NHS funding
The introduction of co-payments or other forms of private funding are likely to be needed if the improvements in the NHS are to be...
Insurers set to benefit from rising cost of healthcare
The financial pressure of delivering publicly funded healthcare is driving governments across the world to consider expanding the role of private medical insurers, according...
BUPA Insurance adopts controversial clinical guidelines
BUPA Health Insurance has become the first UK company to be licensed to use controversial clinical guidelines, covering lengths of stay and types of...
BUPA releases claim statistics for CI policies
BUPA Individual Protection has released details of paid claims in a bid to raise awareness of the benefits of critical illness cover.The statistics reveal...
HCA buy-out – shareholders gather
As HMN goes to press, HCA’s shareholders will be meeting to decide on the outcome of the world’s largest leveraged buy-out, but this is...
Dwindling revenues but Tetbury escapes closure
‘Open, operational and optimistic’ is how Tetbury Hospital has summed up the year in its annual accounts for 2005/06. Despite losing a significant proportion...
Foundation hospitals
Andy Love asked the Secretary of State for Health (17 October 2006: Column 1163W) what plans she has to increase the number of foundation...
Services commissioning
John Baron asked the Secretary of State for Health (23 October 2006: Column 1716W) what guidance has been produced for strategic health authorities (SHAs)...
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