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PCTs urge GPs to refer patients to under-utilised ISTCs
Bosses at Western Cheshire primary care trust (PCT) have has told GPs to refer patients requiring hip and knee surgery to the Cheshire and...
Raj Vasudevan joins pioneering cancer treatment business
HCA commercial director Raj Vasudevan has been appointed chief operating officer of Cancer Partners UK, which was launched last year by Professor Karol Sikora...
Stigma still surrounds mental illness
The British public’s perceptions of people with serious mental illness are still grounded in fear and ignorance, according to a new report commissioned by...
BUPA adverts target NHS patients
BUPA Hospitals has become the first independent hospital group to advertise directly to NHS patients.
The 25-strong hospital group, which was acquired by private equity...
IHI strengthens medical team
IHI, the Danish arm of BUPA International, has appointed three doctors to strengthen its highly experienced medical team. The new doctors are Mikael Bitsch,...
DH poised to pull the plug on South East Coast diagnostics deal
The Department of Health (DH) has confirmed that another diagnostics contract could be scrapped following a revalidation exercise. A final decision on the South...
Ophthalmology network confined to cataract procedures
BUPA Insurance has finally launched its controversial approved ophthalmology network, albeit it in a greatly scaled back form.The network, which has been fiercely resisted...
Kingston Hospital in talks with providers to outsource elective surgery
Kingston Hospital in West London is considering outsourcing its elective surgery to an independent sector provider.A spokesperson for the hospital told HMN that it...
New schemes designed to increase access to talking therapies
The Department of Health (DH) has given the go-ahead for eleven new primary care trust (PCT) led projects designed to improve access to psychological...
Inequality in children’s centres
Kitty Ussher asked the Minister for Children and Families (28 Jun 2007: Column 464) what assessment he has made of the impact that children's...
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