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DH will invite private companies to take on PCT commissioning roles
Insurers and other independent healthcare organisations are being invited to enter into a ‘competitive dialogue’ with the Department of Health (DH) over how they...
Government figures on PBC misleading says BMA
Figures on the number of GPs participating in practice-based commissioning (PBC) are misleading, according to the British Medical Association (BMA).The BMA’s GP Committee said...
New hospital will specialise in day treatment
A new private hospital specialising in day case surgery and treatment which does not require an overnight admission has opened in Manchester. The Bridgewater...
BMI winds up inpatient services at the Paddocks
BMI Healthcare has announced that it is closing inpatient services at its Paddocks Hospital in Princes Risborough, and transforming the unit into a private...
BUPA secures first ISTCs from wave two
BUPA Hospitals Ltd has emerged as preferred bidder for the first two independent sector treatment centre (ISTC) contracts announced under the second wave of...
Amicus preferred bidder for Scotland’s first ISTC
Amicus Healthcare (Scotland Ltd) has been announced as preferred bidder for Scotland’s first independent sector treatment centre (ISTC) in Stracathro. The deal represents the...
ISTCs to provide training for medical staff
Prospective independent sector treatment centre (ISTC) providers will have their ability to accommodate staff training taken into account when their bids are evaluated by...
Yellow Pages bans ads from unregistered cosmetic surgery providers
The Yellow Pages (Yell) has agreed to refuse advertisements from unregistered cosmetic surgery providers for a trial period after lobbying from the Independent Healthcare...
Doctors’ hostility to private sector deepens
Any hopes that opposition to the independent sector’s involvement in the NHS was waning faded last month after the British Medical Association (BMA) launched...
British public still confused over the meaning of choice in the NHS
Over half the British public do not believe the NHS offers choice despite its place at the core of the government’s health reforms. A...
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