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Virgin set to lose Devon children’s services contract
Virgin Care looks set to lose its six-year contract to run children’s services in Devon as commissioners have selected an NHS consortium as preferred...
Bupa Health Clinics takes bookings online for businesses
Bupa Health Clinics has become the first private health assessment provider to make online booking services available to its UK business customers.
Booking health check-ups...
BMI edging to £2bn restructuring deal, reports say
BMI Healthcare is close to settling a £2bn restructuring deal that could cut ‘millions of pounds’ from its annual rent bill, with an announcement...
Steve Field to leave CQC
Professor Steve Field (pictured), chief inspector of general practice at the Care Quality Commission (CQC), will be leaving the organisation in March.
Field has been...
Ramsay Health Care appoints non-executive director
Dr Claudia Süssmuth Dyckerhoff has been appointed a non-executive director of the board of Ramsay Health Care.
Dyckerhoff is a senior advisor to US management...
Third of knee replacements carried out by private providers
The proportion of NHS funded hip and knee replacement procedures being carried out by independent providers has grown steadily over the last five years.
According...
PHIN – moving between phases
Anna Cole-Bailey, spoke to PHIN chief executive Matt James about the organisation’s progress so far; a mood change in the private sector and the...
Some virtual GP providers slipping through inspection net, CQC
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has sought legal advice on expanding its inspection remit to include a number of online GP providers it says...
New chair at Georgia Healthcare Group
William Huyett has been made chair of the board of directors at Georgia Healthcare Group (GHG).
Huyett, an independent non-executive director, replaces Irakli Gilauri who is...
Consultants urged to embrace virtual appointments
Bupa, the UK’s largest health insurer, has called on private consultants to embrace virtual platforms for routine patient appointments.
Speaking at the LaingBuisson Private Practice...
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