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Primary care to open up to wider range of players, says report
Independent healthcare providers will respond opportunistically to the changes taking place in primary care but are more likely to be interested in providing discrete...
Choose and book IT system will not be ready for start of patient choice
The electronic booking system which underpins the government’s patient choice initiative is 12 months behind schedule, NHS chief executive Sir Nigel Crisp has revealed.The...
PCTs can retain service provider functions
The government appears to have diluted its plans to force primary care trusts (PCTs) to cease direct service provision and focus on their roles...
DH announces £20m on PET scanning development
The Department of Health (DH) has announced it will spend an additional £20m on building new PET-CT scanning facilities over the next two years...
Spiralling cost of healthcare could prove unsustainable to world’s economies
Many of the world’s healthcare systems could be unsustainable in 15 years unless fundamental change occurs to check escalating costs and increasing demand, according...
DH sets out terms of reference for regulatory review
The Department of Health (DH) has set out the terms of reference for its wide-ranging review of the regulatory framework for the health and...
New radiology facility at Horder Centre
The Horder Centre, a registered charity specialising in planned orthopaedic surgery and the treatment of musculo-skeletal conditions, has opened a new purpose-built radiology facility,...
Task force set up to involve ‘third sector’ in healthcare delivery
The Department of Health (DH) is setting up a new taskforce to help not-for-profit and voluntary organisations, the so-called third sector, pitch for health...
NHS sees doubling of requests for independent complaints reviews
The number of people asking for their NHS complaint to be independently reviewed has more than doubled in the past year. The Healthcare Commission,...
Critical care seminar
The Independent Healthcare Forum (IHF) is holding a seminar on critical care on 9 December.The seminar will look at the latest report from the...
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