Priory bill tops £9m

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has paid more than £9m over the past three years to send members of the armed forces to psychiatric...

Dementia

Joan Walley asked the Secretary of State for Health (10 May 2006: Column 392W) what her Department’s strategies are for supporting older people with...

BMI Healthcare launches self-pay payment card

BMI Healthcare has launched a payment card to help patients spread the cost of self-funded medical care at any of the group’s 49 hospitals...

InHealth Group launches three new facilities

InHealth Group, a provider of fully managed diagnostic and cardiac healthcare solutions, is to launch three new 16-slice PET/CT facilities this summer, following a...

Shortlists announced for Independent Healthcare Awards 2006

The shortlists for the ten categories in Laing & Buisson’s inaugural Independent Healthcare Awards have been announced.The Awards, held in association with Nuffield Hospitals...

Alliance Medical acquires German and Dutch businesses

Alliance Medical, the largest independent provider of MRI, PET and CT scanning in Europe, has acquired the German and Dutch businesses of UMS. The...

Clive Anderson talks back at Independent Healthcare Awards 2006

Television host, comedy performer and writer, journalist and broadcaster Clive Anderson is to host the Laing & Buisson Independent Healthcare Awards on 21 September.The...

Stand-off with consultants threatens BUPA’s latest specialty network

BUPA Health Insurance is facing a stand-off with consultants after the British Medical Association (BMA) and bodies representing doctors advised their members not to...

Ministers urged to be more open about their intentions for competition in the NHS

Ministers need to provide more clarity on whether they intend to introduce a full-blown market in the NHS or else risk waning interest from...

Choice may be extended to other NHS services

Patient choice could be extended to other parts of the health service such as primary care and mental health as part of a framework...