Fairfield cuts deficit

Fairfield Independent Hospital, the trading name of charity The Guy Pilkington Memorial Home Limited, lowered its shortfall for the year ended 31 December 2007...

BMA to tell patients how to block new surgeries

The BMA has said it will fight plans to introduce polyclinics and new APMS GP practices in areas of little demand at a local...

New GP centre delayed as PCTs re-start tender process

Fears are growing that the procurement of new GP services under the Fairness in Primary Care and Equitable Access initiatives could be subject to...

Redwood revenues falling prior to contract end

The famous or perhaps infamous case of Redwood Independent Treatment Centre (ISTC) is drawing to a close.The accounts of Spire Redwood Hospital Limited for...

New GP services

Geraldine Smith asked (20 June: column 1234W) whether it is policy that primary care trusts may expand existing doctors' practices in under-doctored areas by...

Surgery ceased at Abbey Caldew

The future of the Abbey Caldew Hospital in Carlisle looked uncertain last month after it emerged that the unit had discontinued inpatient surgery.The move,...

Wellington in talks over major expansion plans

HCA’s Wellington Hospital is drawing up proposals to build a new underground hospital close to its existing site in St John’s Wood.The plans are...

First report from Pulse

The latest financial statements released by staffing agency Pulse Healthcare Limited are the first since its reorganisation in the third quarter of last year.Pulse...

Mortality rates published on Choices website

Hospital death rates for four of the most common surgical procedures have been published on the NHS Choices website to help patients decide where...

Independent providers reassured of NHS role

The relationship between the independent sector and the Department of Health has seemed on/off of late, but signs are once again emerging that ministers...