Overseas potential
While some central London hospitals have been reporting a slowdown in their income from international patients, NHS PPUs have seen significant growth. Ann McGauran...
Is London losing out?
Ted Townsend, author of LaingBuisson’s Private Acute Healthcare in central London publication, reports on the Independent Doctors Federation’s inaugural London Healthcare Conference where one...
What’s in a name?
As Harley Street’s international patient market faces increasing competition from old rivals and new challengers, The Howard de Walden
Estate has embarked on a strategy...
Changing times
London’s lucrative international private patient market is coming under pressure as the gulf states seek to contain the cost of medical tourism in the...
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...
PHM – the future for the NHS?
While it’s easy to get confused (and even cynical) about the ever expanding number of initiatives touted by the NHS – vanguards, multi-specialty community...
Under lock and key: patient information and the GDPR
Stuart Knowles, a consultant specialising in clinical governance, information law, data security, regulation, investigations and inquests at law firm Mills & Reeve LLP looks...
The home straight
Waiting list activity might be coming under strain as the NHS struggles to balance its books, but at the same time fresh opportunities are...
It’s an ill wind…
NHS England is no longer prioritising waiting times, there is growing evidence that CCGs are rationing services, and PMI remains flat. Combined these could...
Growing pains
Waiting lists have been steadily rising since the middle of 2012 and forecasts suggest they could spiral as financial pressure mounts and NHS England...