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First ‘commuter’ centre contracts announced
The Department of Health has awarded the first two contracts for its new wave of NHS walk-in centres to City-based GP provider General Medical...
Decline in doctors’ private practice income
Doctors’ incomes from private practice fell by an average of 0.5% in 2003/04, according to figures compiled by specialist medical accountants Stanbridge Associates.
Doctors in...
Insurers and providers launch joint advertising campaign
A £1m advertising campaign promoting the benefits of private healthcare has been launched by six of the UK’s largest independent hospital and PMI providers.
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Warner pledges level playing field for independent providers and NHS
The independent sector and the NHS will compete on a truly level playing field after the introduction of payment by results and the second...
Kerr signals expansion of Scottish ISTC programme
Independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) could be rolled out across Scotland as part of radical transformation of the country’s NHS announced by health minister...
NHS correcting more ‘botched’ cosmetic surgery procedures
Two London hospitals have seen an increase in the number of patients referred for treatment following poorly performed procedures at private cosmetic surgery clinics.In...
PCT commissioning in Oxfordshire could go out to tender
Private companies could be invited to bid for a contract to manage the commissioning of NHS services in Oxfordshire.
In the first move of its...
NHS reforms are not based on evidence, say doctors
The government’s drive to increase independent sector involvement in the NHS has come under further attack from the medical profession.
In two separate articles published...
Primary care to open up to wider range of players, says report
Independent healthcare providers will respond opportunistically to the changes taking place in primary care but are more likely to be interested in providing discrete...
Choose and book IT system will not be ready for start of patient choice
The electronic booking system which underpins the government’s patient choice initiative is 12 months behind schedule, NHS chief executive Sir Nigel Crisp has revealed.The...
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