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BMA appointments
Professor Parveen Kumar has been appointed president of the British Medical Association (BMA).A practising physician and gastroenterologist at Barts, Royal London and the Homerton...
Healthcare Locums
Specialist recruitment company Healthcare Locums Plc has announced the appointment of Carole Hepburn as director of operations (non plc Board). Ms Hepburn joins the...
Demand for PMI holds firm yet again
Demand for private medical insurance (PMI) remained relatively stable in 2005 following a minor pick up in demand the previous year. According to the...
PCTs to offer tariff ‘supplement’ to secure new services
Primary care trusts (PCTs) will be given the flexibility to pay providers more than the national tariff to secure new services, the Department of...
DH will invite private companies to take on PCT commissioning roles
Insurers and other independent healthcare organisations are being invited to enter into a ‘competitive dialogue’ with the Department of Health (DH) over how they...
Government figures on PBC misleading says BMA
Figures on the number of GPs participating in practice-based commissioning (PBC) are misleading, according to the British Medical Association (BMA).The BMA’s GP Committee said...
New hospital will specialise in day treatment
A new private hospital specialising in day case surgery and treatment which does not require an overnight admission has opened in Manchester. The Bridgewater...
BMI winds up inpatient services at the Paddocks
BMI Healthcare has announced that it is closing inpatient services at its Paddocks Hospital in Princes Risborough, and transforming the unit into a private...
BUPA secures first ISTCs from wave two
BUPA Hospitals Ltd has emerged as preferred bidder for the first two independent sector treatment centre (ISTC) contracts announced under the second wave of...
Amicus preferred bidder for Scotland’s first ISTC
Amicus Healthcare (Scotland Ltd) has been announced as preferred bidder for Scotland’s first independent sector treatment centre (ISTC) in Stracathro. The deal represents the...
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