Has healthcare become infected with the wrong words?
By David Mobbs, group chief executive, Nuffield HospitalsThe last few years have been a period of intense change for the independent healthcare sector.
Much of...
Independent sector faces short-term uncertainty as health secretary signals end to central procureme
Independent sector healthcare providers could be entering a period of increased uncertainty over the next two years after Patricia Hewitt signalled an end to...
Hospitals becoming bad for older people’s health
Vulnerable, elderly hospital patients face an increasing risk of malnutrition during their stay because nurses simply do not have the time to feed them....
Legal Eye: Bullying in the workplace
Bullying at work is very much the topic of the moment with many column inches filled by reports of Helen Green's award of more...
Telemedicine: Alleviating the COPD Burden
As the sixth most common cause of death world-wide, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major burden on the NHS. Here, Wendy McLellan,...
Integrated healthcare governance in the independent sector
Healthcare Governance is a management concept which has firmly arrived in this country (Emslie 2004). Here, Dr Philip Sugarman, chief executive and medical director...
Sector embraces ‘Choose and book’
Sector embraces 'Choose and book'As the independent sector is gearing itself up for the new 'Choose and Book' system and for inclusion in the...
Healthcare for sale – how private equity houses are driving the healthcare boom
Healthcare Market News (Special Report) April 2005Everyone thought that the expert salesman of healthcare businesses, Dominic Hollamby of Rothschilds, had pulled the ultimate 'rabbit...
Back to basics for PMI
Healthcare Market News (Special Report) October 2004Norwich Union Healthcare is going back to basics to determine its future health insurance strategy, according to new...
Laing & Buisson Annual PMI Conference
Healthcare Market News (Special Report) October 2004PMI faced with its most significant period of changeThe private medical insurance product must show demonstrable differences to...
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