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Independent sector hospital revenues recover after 2003 slowdown
Demand for private hospital treatment picked up in 2004 after falling to a six-year low in 2003, stemming fears, for the time being at...
Health secretary defends PCT restructuring exercise
Patricia Hewitt has defended the government’s decision to restructure primary care trusts (PCTs) and take away their service provider functions.
Speaking at a conference of...
US home owners face murder charges
The owners of a nursing home in New Orleans where 34 residents drowned during Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of the city have been charged with...
NHS mental health standards improving
A majority of NHS mental Health Care users are happy with the level of care they receive according to a survey published last month,...
Priory Roehampton medical director
Dr Saeed Islam has been appointed medical director at the Priory Hospital Roehampton.Dr Islam has run the ECT service at Roehampton for over 20...
Boots wins chlamydia screening contract
Pharmacy group Boots has been awarded a Department of Health (DH) contract to provide free chlamydia screening services for 16 to 24 year-olds.The group...
New treatment for SUI available at the Portland
The Portland Hospital has introduced a new treatment for women suffering from stress urinary incontinence (SUI).The Zuidex™ procedure involves injecting a 100% natural gel...
One in four cases of MRSA in hospitals brought in on admission
A quarter of MRSA hospital infections are brought in by patients on admission, predominantly by older patients and those who have been in hospital...
Private practice no longer viable for increasing number of consultants
Fewer doctors are undertaking private practice and the trend is set to continue in the face of NHS reforms and lower fees, the head...
Capio Nightingale appointments
Professor Gordon Turnbull has joined Capio Nightingale Hospitals as a consultant specialising in post traumatic stress. A consultant advisor in psychiatry to the Civial...
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