The hardware of healthcare
Durable medical equipment might not be glamourous but personal mobility devices and home adaptation equipment are critical to healthcare delivery, made all the more...
Beyond the headlines – admission trends
In the latest column from the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN), Pooja Rupalia-Seyani, analytics manager, and Joshua Vaughan, healthcare data analyst, share detailed national...
Expanding choice
Recent moves to strengthen NHS patient choice could see more NHS patients treated in the private sector. King Edward VII’s Hospital’s head of operations...
Obesity treatment and the rise of the GLP-1 agonist
Beyond beach body social media doom scrolling there are serious global health consequences from obesity. Dr Bharadwaj Chada and Dr Michelle Tempest at Candesic...
NHS Private Patient Units – seizing the opportunity
Outside of London, NHS PPUs are generally overlooked and underinvested, but as NHS waits continue to rise, they have the potential to generate significant...
EAP on the rise – what took so long?
Employee Assistance Programmes are moving beyond the provision of ‘light’ support to become all-encompassing wellbeing programmes. And, with increasing digitalisation and awareness around mental...
The lasting legacy of insourcing
Independent providers have been providing additional capacity for the NHS for more than two decades but, says Matt Marshall, CEO of insourcing provider Remedy...
Hospital discharges: taking on the delays
Delayed Transfers of Care have plagued the NHS for decades and despite the obvious benefits, there is little sign they will be eliminated any...
Self-pay: firm foundations or shifting sands?
LaingBuisson’s Private Healthcare Self-Pay UK Market Report 5th Edition has now been published. Its author Liz Heath reflects on what it tells us about...
Who are our patients?
In the latest column from the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN), strategic projects lead Greg Swarbrick looks at what the past seven years of...
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