Strong investment performance sustains BHSF

A rise in claims at the Birmingham based health cash plan provider BHSF was offset by stronger returns on its investments in 2006.The not-for-profit...

Data collection must be addressed ‘urgently’ says head of health watchdog

Independent sector providers could be required to submit data which is comparable with the NHS as a requirement of registration when the new health...

The London Clinic invests in new cancer treatments

The London Clinic has made a further investment in new technology for cancer patients with the acquisition of a CyberKnife® Robotic Radiosurgery System from...

Netcare companies’ reports shed some light

A series of subsidiaries whose ultimate parent is South Africa based Network Healthcare Holdings Ltd have reported for the year ended 30 September 2006,...

Interhealth posts maiden results

Independent sector treatment centre (ISTC) provider Interhealth Care Services UK has posted its maiden results.The company, which opened its Kidderminster ISTC in February 2005,...

More backing needed for voluntary sector

The Mental Health Foundation has called on the government and commissioners to go beyond recent rhetoric and provide serious backing for voluntary sector providers...

Providers ‘tired and jaded’ by lack of DH direction

After a fairly miserable summer it would have been nice to kick off the autumn with some rather more positive news for the independent...

Bid costs help push losses deeper at Inhealth Inhealth Group Limited reported...

Interest payments and other charges made servicing the company’s £41.4m debts, of which £23.8m are bank loans and overdrafts, pushed pre-tax losses to £3.6m...

Number of patients detained in secure settings reaches record high

The number of people detained in secure psychiatric wards in England reached a record high of 3,723 in July 2007, according to a factfile...

Scottish out-of-hours provision ‘unsustainable’ Fewer GPs in Scotland are working during the...

Although the report, published last month, found that most patients were satisfied with NHS out-of-hours care, it warned that the number of GPs opting...