Third sector organisations plan to expand healthcare provision

Voluntary and not-for-profit organisations could swing from their traditional role in social care provision towards more healthcare orientated services, encouraged by higher levels of...

Pressure group in bid to run community hospital

A pressure group which has been campaigning to save a community hospital is launching a £4m bid to take over the five-acre site itself.Friends...

Awareness of patient choice remains low

The public’s awareness of patient choice is rising but progress remained slow as of September last year and the majority of NHS patients still...

ChilversMcCrea secures former UHE GP contract

A contract to provide GP services in Derbyshire which was originally awarded to United Health Europe (UHE) has been secured by ChilversMcCrea Healthcare following...

Rise in childhood mental disorders

The growth in specialist care centres for children with mental health conditions could be set to rise if the results of a study published...

NHS issues mental health and substance abuse guidance

Mental health tsar Louis Appleby has launched a Department of Health (DH) guidance booklet on improving support for so-called dual diagnosis patients – service...

L&G exits PMI market

Legal & General is exiting the health insurance business after selling its PMI business to AXA PPP Healthcare for an undisclosed sum.The company ceased...

BUPA Insurance to bring services together

BUPA Insurance has announced plans to bring its three core businesses together under one management structure.Speaking at BUPA’s unlocking the potential together event, commercial...

PruHealth launches chauffeur service for MRI scans

PMI provider PruHealth has come up with an innovative way of containing costs for MRI scans by launching a door to door chauffeur service...

Insurers ‘failing’ customer expectations

PMI and cash plan provider BCWA has accused insurers that do not arrange treatment on behalf of their members of failing to meet customers’...