Patients should pay for non-core services, says Dixon

Non-core services could be paid for by NHS patients, according to chair of the NHS Alliance Michael Dixon.Speaking at a Westminster Forum Project event...

Maiden results from iPP

Integrated Pathology Partnerships (iPP), the joint venture company set up by Labco and Sodexo in 2010 to provide cost effective pathology services to the...

successor announced as David worskett retires

The NHS Partners Network (NHSPN) has announced that David Hare will take over as its new chief executive in January, following the retirement of...

Integration projects announced

Care minister Norman Lamb announced 14 health and social care integration pilots last month. The minister revealed details of 14 areas leading the way in...

Price presure hits Raphael

Mental healthcare provider Raphael Healthcare continued to experience steady revenue growth in the year ended 31 March 2013 but profits were hit by increasing...

Royal Free chair set for Monitor

The Department of Health announced this month that Dominic Dodd, chair of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, was its preferred candidate as...

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough £50m contract

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG is considering tendering a contract for a musculoskeletal service programme worth around £50m.The CCG is considering procuring an entire musculoskeletal...

Turnover down at DCM

DCM (Optical Holdings) Ltd has attributed further losses racked up in the year ended 29 December 2012 to store closures and a continuing lack...

Chris Hyman steps down from the helm at Serco

Serco has announced the resignation of Christopher Hyman as group chief executive. Ed Casey, who has led the outsourcing firm’s Americas division since 2005, has...

Positive signs of a pensions deal

Staff transferred from the public to the independent sector will be able to retain their civil service pensions under new guidance released by the...