Healthcare Markets

The Role of Commissioners in Quality and SafetyBy Giles Peel, Head of Health Advisory at international law firm DAC Beachcroft The recent Government response...

The NHS could raise almost £3bn a year by increasing the cost of prescriptions and introducing co-payment for GP visits and hospital ‘hotel’ costs,...

Broadreach House, the charitable provider of treatment services and support for people suffering from drug and/or alcohol addiction, has reported another fall in income...

Trained nurse and chief executive of Care Plus Lance Gardner talks to HMn about commissioning, collaboration and what it’s like being the only employee...

The government has proposed a fitness to practice test for board members at companies registered to the Care Quality Commission in its response to...

Marie Stopes International (MSI), the charity that delivers sexual and reproductive health services through family planning centres and outreach teams internationally reported further increases...

The Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) latest State of Care’ report, which was published in late November, has been welcomed by the Association of Independent Healthcare Organisations (AIHO). AIHO, which represents a range of providers, either into the NHS or directly to patients, has responded positively to the sections of the report concerning independent healthcare.

Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in Essex have confirmed they are putting a number of ‘local enhanced services’ (services which are often provided by GPs,...

Ramsay Santé, the French subsidiary of Ramsay Health Care, has acquired psychiatric hospital provider Medipsy from Générale de Santé for €149.4m.Under the deal, Ramsay...

Plans to completely reconfigure NHS emergency and urgent care services announced by NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh in November could provide significant opportunities...