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Early pregnancy unit at the Portland
The Portland Hospital for Women and Children has opened a new early pregnancy unit specialising in care for women during the first 12 weeks...
Evercare programme fails to reduce admissions
The Evercare case management system for patients with chronic conditions fails to reduce emergency admissions, emergency bed days or mortality, according to a study...
Care UK launches urgent care service
Care UK has launched a new urgent care service in Luton and Bedfordshire. The service, which has been developed in conjunction with two local...
DH figures confirm that dentists are quitting NHS
Over 1,600 dentists quit the NHS in first three months following the introduction of the new dentists’ contract. Figures released by the NHS Information...
Sectioned patients forced to stay at home due to NHS bed shortage
Demand for acute mental health beds is outstripping supply in some areas of England, with GPs unable to find beds in NHS hospitals for...
Providers at crisis point as drug treatment referrals fall
Referrals to residential drug rehabilitation centres are drying up because local drug action teams (DATS) are choosing to commission more community-based services. According to...
PCTs encouraged to offer more choice in mental health services
Mental health patients will be given more choice over their treatment under new guidance published by the Department of Health (DH) last month. The...
St Andrew’s rebrands
St Andrew’s Group of Hospitals has been rebranded St Andrew’s Healthcare. The move, which includes a new logo, is aimed at reflecting the charity’s...
BUPA report sparks new debate on future of NHS funding
The introduction of co-payments or other forms of private funding are likely to be needed if the improvements in the NHS are to be...
Insurers set to benefit from rising cost of healthcare
The financial pressure of delivering publicly funded healthcare is driving governments across the world to consider expanding the role of private medical insurers, according...
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