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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Margins slimmed at Three Shires

Three Shires hospital, the St Andrews/BMI Healthcare owned hospital managed by BMI, has posted a fall in pre-tax profits for the year ended 31...

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...

Alpha moves into profit

Low secure and adolescent mental health services provider Alpha Hospitals has posted its first profit since its launch in May 2004. The company, which...