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Capio considers sale of North Downs
Capio is considering the sale of its North Downs Hospital in Surrey because of a fall in patient bed-days. In December, the company began...
BMI launches paediatric service
General Healthcare Group subsidiary BMI Healthcare has launched its first specialist paediatric service at The Princess Margaret Hospital in Windsor. The clinic is open...
18-week waiting time target may not be possible
The government is unlikely to meet its 18-week waiting time target without additional capacity and reform, potentially having to buy in more work from...
NHS must adjust to new market or go under, says report
The NHS should abandon the use of PFI, consider dropping the 18-week referral to treatment target and spend at least £1bn a year developing...
Independent providers could run fast-track cancer centres
Independent sector providers could be invited to bid for up to 60 dedicated NHS cancer centres under plans being considered by the Department of...
New inquiry into ISTCs
The Health Select Committee has announced a new inquiry into independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs).The terms of reference have now been agreed and will...
NHS treatment centres better than ISTCs say NHS clinical directors
NHS-run treatment centres are better for patients and the local health service than their independent sector counterparts, according to a survey of clinical directors...
New leader announces shake-up of Conservative health policy
David Cameron has announced a dramatic shift in the Conservative party’s health policy with all of the party’s key manifesto pledges from the 2005...
RCN urges government to extend ethical recruitment Code
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has urged the government to extend its Code of Practice on the ethical recruitment of international healthcare professionals...
Report confirms that independent hospitals are cleaner than the NHS
The widely-held belief that private hospitals are cleaner than the NHS was, to some extent, confirmed in December after the Healthcare Commission published its...
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