HM Special Reports

NHSPN chief executive David Hare explains how the independent sector is working to ensure the NHS avoids a winter of discontent Demand pressures across the...

The future of the specialist care market is discussed in the latest edition of Laing & Buisson’s Mental Health & Specialist Care Services UK Market Report

Long waits and inconvenient appointment times are fuelling increased demand for private primary care services. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the rise...

Getting positive messages about independent healthcare into the public arena involves a delicate balance between celebrating the sector’s successes and not appearing to criticise...

Vision and strong values are key to successful leadership in healthcare says entrepreneur and acclaimed amateur jockey Sam Waley-Cohen. The man behind Portman Healthcare...

Dr Victor Chua, Partner at Mansfield Advisors, looks at the potential for increased M&A activity and outsourcing in the independent pathology market In our last article, we looked at Monitor’s proposals to drastically cut the tariff for non-emergency orthopaedic procedures. It looks like the proposal has been taken off the table for now. On 6th January 2016, Monitor published a new draft tariff workbook. Instead of rebalancing the tariff by increasing some specialities and decreasing others, it looks like an average 1% increase across all procedures. This is good news for the independent sector.

Think about the London international patient market and The Cromwell Hospital is probably the first name that springs to mind. Maria Davies talks to...

NHS England is no longer prioritising waiting times, there is growing evidence that CCGs are rationing services, and PMI remains flat. Combined these could...

When Care UK entered the healthcare market at the height of NHS market based reform, all eyes were on waiting lists. Now as targets...

Stakeholders from across the independent sector and the NHS gathered in London last month for LaingBuisson’s Annual Private Acute Healthcare Conference. With discussion ranging...