Chaucer Hospital appointment

Consultant general surgeon Michael Harron has been appointed as consultant to BMI’s Chaucer hospital.Mr Harron, whose specialist interests include surgery of the thyroid and...

BUPA head of infection control

BUPA Hospitals has appointed Kathryn Topley to the newly-created role of head of infection control. Previously with the Hospital Infection Society, Ms Topley will...

BMA appointments

Dr Jonathan Fielden has been elected chairman of the BMA’s consultants’ committee.Dr Fielden, a consultant anaesthetist specialising in intensive care, has acted as deputy...

Demand for private healthcare accelerates

Demand for private hospital treatment accelerated in the economic and political climate of 2005, following strong growth in demand a year earlier, according to...

Groundbreaking online ultrasound training launched

A revolutionary new method of providing online teaching in ultrasound techniques has been launched by a Cardiff-based company.MedaPhor, a joint venture between interactive media...

Independent sector faces short-term uncertainty as health secretary signals end to central procureme

Independent sector healthcare providers could be entering a period of increased uncertainty over the next two years after Patricia Hewitt signalled an end to...

Clinicenta preferred bidder for South London ISTC scheme

Clinicenta has been appointed preferred bidder for South London independent sector treatment centre (ISTC) scheme as part of the second wave of ISTC procurement.The...

Capio announced preferred bidder for Cumbria and Lancashire electives

Capio Healthcare UK has been appointed ‘preferred bidder’ for the Cumbria and Lancashire elective surgery scheme under wave two of the government’s independent sector...

HSJ figures not a ‘fair reflection’ of overall ISTC activity, say providers

The NHS Partners Network has defended the government’s use of independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) following claims in Health Service Journal (HSJ) that, to...

Scottish healthcare market flourishing

Scotland’s private healthcare market is experiencing a ‘bloom’ if not a boom, according to figures released by the Scottish Independent Healthcare Association (SIHA).Approximately £105m...