Healthcare Markets

NHS reforms, as outlined in the Health and Social Care Bill, must be made based on today’s typical patient and not the patients of 1948 when the NHS was set up. Speakers at the Westminster Health Forum, The Future of the NHS, warned that today’s typical patient has very different needs to the patients of the 1940s and, if any NHS re-configuration takes place, it should be modelled to reflect this.

The diminishing PMI market has caused margins at General Healthcare Group (GHG) to shrink for 2011 as it seeks to replace private treatment with...

The Orchard Portman group is to open its second independent psychiatric hospital – Nelson House in Gosport.Nelson House is a new build 32 bedded...

The Department of Health (DH) has been accused of failing; to push forward the integration of health and social care by a leading independent provider.

HCA International has posted results showing the London private healthcare market remains strong. It provides a key indicator for the London market as it...

Figures revealed in October by the NHS Information Centre have shown that the number of people living in the community subject to restrictions under...

Carterwood, chartered surveyors and healthcare specialists, has appointed Howard Williamson to its team. He will work on acquisition, disposals, and consultancy work advising clients...

The Central London private hospital market has proved resilient during the downturn but it is not immune from the challenges faced by the sector. Increasing...

The ‘huge opportunities’ awaiting the independent sector in the NHS will be matched by greater responsibility for clinical training and an increased obligation to...

The huge opportunities’ awaiting the independent sector in the NHS will be matched by greater responsibility for clinical training and an increased obligation to demonstrate value for money to taxpayers, Lord Howe said last month.