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Independent providers could drive up quality in primary care, says report
The government should consider experimenting with an ‘open market’ in primary care to increase provision, raise standards and overcome the current inertia towards more...
Nurses and therapists form large-scale social enterprise
A group of 700 nurses and therapists in Surrey could become one of the largest social enterprises bidding for NHS contracts if plans to...
Thames Valley SHA postpones plans to outsource commissioning
Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority (SHA) has withdrawn plans to outsource commissioning for Oxfordshire’s new primary care trust (PCT) following intervention from the Department...
SHAs begin consultation on boundary changes
Strategic health authorities (SHAs) have been given the go-ahead to begin local consultation on boundary changes. Announcing the exercise in December, Patricia Hewitt said...
Patient charges inevitable, says report
The UK could end up with a US-style healthcare system where patients are charged for access to healthcare if the government continues its NHS...
Waiting lists reach 18-year low
NHS waiting lists have fallen below 800,000 for the first time since 1988, when the Department of Health first began collecting the figures in...
Two-star trusts granted right to apply for foundation status
Two-star trusts have been given the right to apply for foundation trust status. Under new rules set out by the Department of Health (DH)...
GHG chief financial officer
Jonathan Simpson-Dent has been appointed chief financial officer of General Healthcare Group (GHG). Simpson-Dent, who has also been appointed to the boards of both...
Bupa head of risk
Lee Lovett has been appointed to the newly developed role of head of risk and product management, BUPA Group Risk. Lovett previously held operational...
Bank of Ireland launches dedicated corporate healthcare team
Bank of Ireland Corporate Banking has announced the establishment of a dedicated healthcare team that will focus on the large sized corporate healthcare market...
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