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NHS monopolies should be investigated
Primary care trusts (PCTs) and district hospitals constrain competition and severely restrict patient choice, a leading academic warned last month.In a new book on...
PCTs failing targets on choice and access
Primary care trusts (PCTs) must redouble their efforts in GP access and the provision of choice, Healthcare Commission chairman Sir Ian Kennedy said last...
Patient choice figures remain low
The Department of Health (DH) has published yet another set of disappointing results from its National Patient Choice Survey.It had been hoped that a...
Health minister to lead Constitution development
The Department of Health has announced that health minister Ann Keen has been appointed as the new ministerial lead for the NHS Constitution.Ms Keen...
NHS activity boosts flagging demand for self-pay treatment
The economic slowdown has begun to impact on private patient revenues for UK independent hospitals fuelled by low growth in medical insurance claims and...
Hinchingbrooke Hospital – battle lines are drawn
The on-going debate surrounding the future provision of services at Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon (HMN July 2008) has intensified, as indicated by a recent...
Independent providers feel the squeeze
The revelation that the independent healthcare sector is feeling the pinch of the economic downturn is a bit like the governor of the bank...
Community mental health services could be better
Despite continued improvements in NHS trust community-based mental health services over the past year, there remains ‘some way to go’ before facilities and support...
Lib Dems take on mental health wards
Speaking at the Liberal Democrat party conference last month, health spokesperson Norman Lamb said that there is currently a ‘conspiracy of silence’ over poor...
DH announces depression and dementia funding
Two further partnerships between NHS facilities and universities will share government funding of £18m to support projects conducting research into a range of long...
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