PHIN publishes first performance measures
The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) has published its first set of performance measures for independent sector hospitals covering patient admissions, average lengths of...
St Andrew’s opens women’s PICU
St Andrew’s Healthcare has opened a ten-bed psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) for female patients at its site in Northampton.
The new Bayley unit will...
Human rights challenge to closures
Community Care Market News (News) July 2001 Residents of Granby Way residential home in Plymouth have won the first round of a...
Good services slipping in quality finds CQC
More than a quarter of services originally rated Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have deteriorated in quality the regulator’s analysis of its...
NHS Delayed Discharges
Healthcare Market News (Parliament) November 2001 The Secretary of State for Health was asked (24 Oct 2001: Column: 311W) what estimate has...
HM meets… Philip Luce
Think about the London international patient market and The Cromwell Hospital is probably the first name that springs to mind. Maria Davies talks to...
New teams plan NHS workforce strategy
Healthcare Market News (News) December 2001 Two new boards and seven national care group workforce teams have been set up by the...
Dean becomes Eden’s CFO
Specialist care operator Eden Futures has appointed Andy Dean as chief financial officer.
Dean was group financial controller of Embrace Group, where he helped manage...
Surgical staff
Healthcare Market News (Parliament) February 2002 The Secretary of State for Health was asked (21 January 2002: Column: 684W) what new recruitment...
Brocklebank takes over from Padgham at UKHCA
Trevor Brocklebank, founder of Home Instead Senior Care, has been appointed chair of the UK Homecare Association (UKHCA), replacing Mike Padgham, who is stepping...