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...

IHAS slams plans to deregulate cosmetic laser treatments

The Independent Healthcare Advisory Services (IHAS) has joined cosmetic surgeons and laser safety professional associations in condemning government plans to deregulate the use 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...

Darzi pledges to put local NHS at heart of reconfiguration

Proposed changes to local NHS services will have to go through rigorous checks before they can be implemented, health minister Lord Ara Darzi revealed...

Hospital payments to be determined by patient satisfaction

The government is yet again planning to draw on patient experience in the private sector in its bid to create a more personalised and...

BMI opens 24 hour emergency care centre

BMI Healthcare has opened a 24-7 self-pay emergency care centre at its Clementine Churchill Hospital in Harrow, north-west London.The service is open to adults...