Capio moves UK HQ to London

Capio Healthcare UK has relocated its head offices from Bedford to New Broad Street in the City of London.The company said a London head...

Independent sector ‘delighted’ with Healthcare Commission report

Despite reports that two-thirds of NHS and private hospitals failed to meet the highest quality standards in a recent Healthcare Commission survey, the independent...

AXA PPP sets out new referral path for oral surgery

AXA PPP Healthcare has become one of the first major PMI providers to make changes in the referral process for its members. In a letter...

British contractors turning their backs on PFI healthcare projects

Private contractors could walk away from PFI schemes unless the current bidding process is streamlined.A survey carried out by the Future Healthcare Network (FHN),...

Plymouth PFI relaunched

The Plymouth Hospitals Vanguard PFI project has been relaunched under two separate contracts worth a total of £600m.The first package, worth £200m, is expected...

BUPA extends specialty network to MRI services

BUPA Insurance has announced plans to expand its speciality network scheme to MRI outpatient services. Successful providers will need to demonstrate that they can...

Southend ISTC

Mark Francois asked the secretary of state for health (5 October 2005: Column 2815W) what the expected opening date is of the diagnostic and...

Diagnostic scans

Kevan Jones asked the secretary of state for health (10 October 2005: Column 208W) what percentage of diagnostic scans in the NHS she expects...

Diagnostic capacity

Kevan Jones asked the secretary of state for health (20 October 2005: Column 1167W) whether the capacity planning exercise conducted with strategic health authorities...

Locations of ISTCs

Clive Efford asked the secretary of state for health (31 October 2005: Column 851W) how the locations of new independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs)...