HM Primary Care

The National Audit Office (NAO) will be investigating a £700m primary care support contract provided by Capita Business Services to GP practices, which GPs...

For the first time data at the level of the 211 proposed Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) has been presented. The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) report Clinical Commissioning Group Outcomes Indicator Set: Emergency Admissions; provides more information about indicators within the CCG Outcomes Indicator Set and aims to provide comparative information for CCGs and Health and Wellbeing boards on the quality of commissioned health services in primary and secondary care and, as far as possible, the associated health outcomes.

Healthcare Market News (News) April 2004 The outcome of a recent patient choice tendering process to identify independent healthcare providers of extra...

The Public Accounts Committee has criticised out-of-hours provider Serco for its provision of the out-of-hours GP service in Cornwall.

Healthcare Market News (News) May 2002 The UK came in 23rd place in a recent world health survey conducted by World Markets...

Aspen Healthcare has increased its shareholding stake in the Edinburgh Clinic to 90% with a view to developing and expanding the clinic in the future.

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2003 The NHS has posed another threat to traditional independent sector hospitals with an initiative by a...

The NHS Partners Network (NHSPN) reaffirmed its offer to the NHS of additional capacity for 400,000 operations and tests as NHS England revealed record...

Almost half of GPs (48%) say they have seen waiting lists for NHS hospital referrals rise, and two in 41% say they have seen an increase in the number of patients asking about self-pay treatment options compared to a year ago, suggesting that many patients are turning to private self-pay treatment options as a response to increasing hospital waiting times. Younger GPs are more likely than older GPs to agree that they have seen an increase in the number of patients turning to self-pay treatment options. Spire Healthcare which commissioned the survey say the results suggest that GPs have faith in the private healthcare sector. 50% of GPs think the private sector offers good value for money for patients who seek self-pay treatment or use their private medical insurance. Dr Jean-Jacques de Gorter, clinical services director at Spire Healthcare, said: Our findings highlight that public attitudes towards private healthcare are changing. Patients are taking greater responsibility for their health and wellbeing and this is freeing up NHS resources where they are most needed.

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2001 One in three nurses predicts that by 2010 the NHS will no longer provide free health...