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ISTCs to provide training for medical staff
Prospective independent sector treatment centre (ISTC) providers will have their ability to accommodate staff training taken into account when their bids are evaluated by...
Yellow Pages bans ads from unregistered cosmetic surgery providers
The Yellow Pages (Yell) has agreed to refuse advertisements from unregistered cosmetic surgery providers for a trial period after lobbying from the Independent Healthcare...
Doctors’ hostility to private sector deepens
Any hopes that opposition to the independent sector’s involvement in the NHS was waning faded last month after the British Medical Association (BMA) launched...
British public still confused over the meaning of choice in the NHS
Over half the British public do not believe the NHS offers choice despite its place at the core of the government’s health reforms. A...
Hospitals barred from employing junior nurses from overseas
Hospitals and clinics will be banned from recruiting junior nurses from overseas unless they can not fill posts with candidates from the UK or...
Genetics service launches in London
A new genetic medicines company providing private gene profiling and testing for private patients has launched in London. Opaldia will initially operate out of...
NHS tariff setting could be contracted out
The Department of Health (DH) should consider contracting out the setting of the national tariff to avoid repeating the mistakes which led to the...
NHS still overspending on temporary nurses
The NHS could save up to £85m a year by improving its procurement of temporary nurses and its management of permanent staff,a report by...
NHS patients wait average of seven weeks for diagnostic tests
The Department of Health (DH) revealed this month that NHS patients wait an average seven weeks for diagnostic tests. The figures are being collected...
Survey suggests staff will vote against transfer to flagship social enterprise
The government’s aim of encouraging more social enterprises into the emerging NHS market has been dealt a blow after staff at East Elmbridge and...
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