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CQC ‘not value for money’
A report on the Care Quality Commission by the National Audit Office (NAO) has identified a number of failings within the organisation.The findings of...
Kings’ Fund economist highlights extra cash
The amount of extra cash the government plans to spend on the NHS has increased by £610m.The suggestion follows the Office for Budgetary Responsibility’s...
Cygnet Health Care ‘must improve’
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has issued a formal warning to Cygnet Health Care Limited that it must make urgent improvements to standards of...
Treatment waits for cancer patients reduced
The latest quarterly national statistics on NHS cancer waiting times produced by the Department of Health in November showed for outpatient services and first...
Negotiations continue as Bupa threatens to reduce use of BMI hospitals after ‘outstanding debt’...
The negotiations between PMI insurer Bupa and private hospital network BMI Healthcare continue.However the situation between the two continues to attract press attention, not...
Cancer costs to rise
The cost of diagnosing and treating cancer in the UK is likely to rise by almost two thirds (62%) over the next decade, according...
Review seeks to tackle employee sickness absence
An attempt to reduce ‘the human and financial cost of needless sickness absence in the UK’ was launched.
In an independent review presented to the...
Axa ICAS OH suffers along with the sector
Occupational health and consultancy provider Axa ICAS Occupational Health Services report to 31 December 2010 showed the company made a loss after taxation of...
Cigna appoints international PMI head
Cigna has appointed Phil Austin to lead its international individual PMI business, Cigna Global Health Options. Mr Austin will be responsible for developing and...
MPs slam medicines shortage
The All Party Pharmacy Group has launched a major inquiry into the continued problem of medicine shortages in the NHS.
The chair of the group,...
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