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Former health advisor urges government to open up primary care market
A former government health advisor has urged ministers to open up primary care services to a wider range of providers in areas where there...
Hewitt defends St Barts PFI review
Patricia Hewitt has defended the government’s decision to put the biggest ever PFI hospital project on hold, saying she needed to be certain that...
Trust pushes for decision on PFI project
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust is urging ministers to make a decision on the future of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital PFI project. The trust...
NHS LIFT projects to open at rate of one a week
The Department of Health (DH) has announced a new wave of NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) projects. According to the DH, new GP...
Independent providers to bid for NHS GP contracts
Independent healthcare providers will be invited to bid to run GP services in under-doctored areas under a national procurement exercise due to begin this...
NHS reforms will not cause decline in private patient numbers says GHG chief executive
General Healthcare Group has dismissed forecasts that NHS reforms will drive a decline in private patient numbers. In an interview with HMN last month,...
IHF collapses
The Independent Healthcare Forum (IHF) has folded just 19 months after its launch following the departure of chief executive Tim Elsigood (see story on...
London Bridge to open £4m outpatients unit in City
The London Bridge hospital is opening a new outpatients centre at the foot of the Nat West Tower in the City of London. The...
Capio considers sale of North Downs
Capio is considering the sale of its North Downs Hospital in Surrey because of a fall in patient bed-days. In December, the company began...
BMI launches paediatric service
General Healthcare Group subsidiary BMI Healthcare has launched its first specialist paediatric service at The Princess Margaret Hospital in Windsor. The clinic is open...
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