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Care UK signs first national GP contract
Care UK has been awarded the first centrally-procured contract to provide GP services in under-doctored areas in a deal thought to be worth £5m...
Majority of GP out-of-hours contracts awarded without tender exercise
Only 39% of primary care trusts (PCTs) ran a competitive tendering exercise for out-of-hours care contracts when they took over responsibility for provision from...
GP premises ‘bursting at the seams’
GPs are being prevented from expanding their patient services because of insufficient space despite the government’s claims that record sums are being invested in...
Government announces new pilot sites for talking therapies
The Department of Health (DH) has announced the creation of two pilot sites to test better access to talking therapies for people suffering from...
Groupama launches PMI product for SMEs
Groupama Healthcare has launched its first PMI product since its acquisition of Clinicare last year in a move which it says brings the two...
ABI figures show rise in demand for PMI
Fresh evidence that the PMI market continues to thrive despite falling NHS waiting lists emerged last month as the Association of British Insurers (ABI)...
UK’s self employed overestimate cost of PMI
Britain’s self employed are ill-informed over the costs of private medical insurance, with 74% unable to accurately estimate the cost of a PMI policy....
Workplace absence falls to 18-year low
Workplace absence cost the UK economy over £13bn in 2005 despite falling to its lowest level since 1987, according to the latest annual CBI/AXA...
NAO reports on £15m cancellation of Paddington Health Campus
The diverging clinical and financial interests of the two NHS trusts involved in the failed Paddington Health Campus was a key factor in the...
Refinancing represented poor deal for NHS
The refinancing of the Norfolk and Norwich PFI hospital project represented a poor deal for the NHS whilst ‘lining the pockets of investors’, according...
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