NHS needs an economic constitution

Gordon Brown’s vision of a constitution of values for the NHS needs to be accompanied by an economic constitution which will promote a new...

Ramsay to manage Irish hospital

Ramsay Health Care has signed a ten-year management agreement to operate a new private hospital in Ireland when it opens in 2010.The 75-bed Adare...

Ashley house partners GP consortium

Specialist primary care solutions provider Ashley House Clinical Services has announced a strategic partnership with Innovations in Primary Care (IPC) – a GP consortium...

BMA campaigns to keep commercial providers out of primary care

The British Medical Association (BMA) has launched a national campaign to keep commercial providers out of general practice. The ‘Support your Surgery’ campaign aims to...

Polyclinics set to be ‘main land grab’ for independent providers

The government’s polyclinic initiative could be worth an average £825m a year if all 300 schemes mooted come to fruition, according to the latest...

Charities form partnership to fund NHS patients

The London Clinic and the New Victoria Medical Foundation, the charity founded following the sale of the New Victoria Hospital to private investors last...

ChilversMcCrea and Boots combine to offer High Street healthcare

ChilversMcCrea Healthcare has entered a partnership with high street chemist Boots to open a new in-store GP surgery in Brighton.The new, purpose-built surgery suite...

Pilot study supports EMA in non-hospital settings

Cottage hospitals and polyclinic type settings could offer a safe, high quality service for the termination of pregnancy using drugs, according to results of...

Cancer specialist warns of healthcare in meltdown

Attitudes must change if healthcare is to avoid an irreversible path towards meltdown, according to a speech delivered by Professor Karol Sikora, medical director...

FTs could be scrapped by new government says chief executive

Foundation trusts might not survive after the next general election, the chief executive of one of the country’s most successful foundation trusts said last...