Regular testing to be rolled out in care homes
Staff and residents in care homes for over 65s and those with dementia will receive regular coronavirus tests from next week.
Workers will be tested...
Not We…Us: adapting to support the NHS through the Covid-19 crisis and beyond
Like many independent healthcare providers, Transform Hospital Group turned over its capacity to the NHS in March as part of the national effort to...
Residents and staff still waiting to be tested, survey finds
More than 4,000 staff and residents in not-for-profit care homes are still awaiting Covid-19 testing, analysis by the National Care Forum (NCF) has found.
A...
Bupa launches Covid-19 support services for employers
Bupa Health Clinics has launched a range of services to help businesses support the return of their staff following the initial wave of the...
Healthcare providers will adopt more outpatient settings post Covid
Healthcare delivery will likely see an increase in the adoption of outpatient settings following the Covid-19 pandemic, attendees at LaingBuisson’s M&A and Investing with...
Healthcare sector primed for surge in new investor interest
The UK healthcare sector’s demonstrated resilience through the Covid-19 pandemic is attracting new investors into the market.
Sam Gray, managing partner at Apposite Capital, told...
Civitas positive over prospects despite wider economic concerns
Civitas Social Housing is positive about its prospects despite the uncertain environment caused by Covid-19.
The provider of care-based housing in the UK for individuals...
Health and social care resilience could lead to ‘influx of new investors’
The resilience shown in health and social care during the pandemic could lead to greater investor appetite in the sector.
While some areas have performed...
Phased reintroduction of care home visits
Care home residents in Scotland will be able to receive visitors outside from the end of next week, provided properties meet strict criteria and...
Social care ombudsman ready to take on new complaints
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman will resume all casework and take on new complaints from the end of this month.
The ombudsman paused...
Indian e-health service adjusts to lockdown
Gina Wilkinson explains how 1mg, the country’s largest integrated online health platform, has adapted to life under lockdown with strategies to support the government’s...
NHS will need to work with independent sector to address ‘massive capacity shortfall’ says...
The NHS has a ‘massive capacity shortfall’ and will need to continue working with the independent sector ‘over some time to come’ in order...
Bupa expands remote service offering
Bupa UK said today that it is expanding its range of remote clinical services in the UK following ‘huge’ demand in the wake of...
HMi meets… Sangita Reddy
The joint managing director of Apollo Hospitals talks about the relationship between private healthcare and the government, and her priorities for the post-Covid-19 world
Sangita...
New data shows massive drop in private patient activity during Covid-19 surge
Episodes of privately funded healthcare were down an estimated 84% year-on-year at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, new data from the Private Healthcare...
PMI demand yet to recover from 2008 downturn as UK heads into recession
The market for private medical insurance demonstrated very low growth in 2018, continuing the static trend seen since 2015 as hikes in insurance premium...
NHS will need independent sector capacity to sustain elective surgery, MPs told
The president of the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) today told MPs that it could take years for routine NHS surgery to return to...
Nuffield temporarily cuts staff hours and pay to avoid redundancies
Nuffield Health has said it plans to ‘continually review’ a decision to implement reduced working hours and salaries for its staff in the wake...
MPS warns of ‘tsunami’ of claims without action to tackle waiting list backlog
The Medical Protection Society (MPS) has joined calls for the government to take urgent action to clear the backlog of patients awaiting treatment as...
Young people detained in hospitals vulnerable to abuse, report finds
Coronavirus has left the human rights of young people in detention who are autistic or have learning disabilities vulnerable to abuse.
A report by the...