Assura rental growth continues

Assura Group Limited, the primary care property investor and developer, in its interim management statement for the period from 1 April to 9 August...

GP practice unevenly distributed

Changing health needs are prompting a number of GPs to build organisations capable of preserving the personal, local nature of general practice whilst offering...

NHS Direct pulls out of 111

NHS Direct announced last month it is seeking to agree a managed transfer of NHS Direct's 111 services, and the frontline and other staff...

BMI Healthcare margins squeezed further in 2012

Debt burden and lacklustre top line growth of 1% combined to push BMI Healthcare Limited, the acute private hospital provider, further into loss for...

OFT approves SSP Merseyside contract

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has approved the award of contracts to SSP Health Ltd, the primary care practice provider, to manage and...

NHS procurement plan to save £1.5bn

NHS England has announced details of the NHS Procurement Development Programme, which aims to help the NHS save £1.5 billion by 2015 to 2016.It...

Medacs sees revenue fall

Medacs Healthcare, the specialist recruitment agency, whose parent is global staffing solutions firm Impellam Group, in its half yearly results to 28 June 2013...

William Laing examines how NHS reform is affecting the mental healthcare sector

‘The NHS reforms implemented on 1 April marked a major move towards centralisation of procurement of secure and other specialised mental health hospital services...

Recruitment firms face VAT issue

Specialist recruitment agencies for the healthcare sector are under threat from new employment models being used by some NHS trusts. This has led to the...

Accountability reigns

Following Winterbourne View there must be robust consequences for Boards of directors where the organisation they lead fails to give proper care. The Department of...