Hospitals
Vaccine mandate u-turn means private hospitals face reversing redundancy processes
Private healthcare providers should update redundancy procedures to take account of government's consultation on removing the legal requirement for healthcare workers to be double vaccinated, lawyers have said. The call follows government's...
Read moreRutherford Health offers cancer services to NHS on not-for-profit basis
Rutherford Health, an independent provider of advanced cancer care in the UK, has offered its treatment and diagnostic services to the NHS on a not-for-profit basis for the next three years. The...
Read moreCromwell Hospital opens endometriosis centre and HCA invests £7m in surgical robots
Cromwell Hospital has opened an international endometriosis treatment centre while HCA Healthcare has invested £7m in four new surgical robots. Cromwell Hospital's new international centre will help women get a diagnosis and...
Read moreKing’s College Hospital Jeddah to open doors in 2023
Construction has started on King's College Hospital, Jeddah in Saudi Arabia with the hospital scheduled to open its doors to patients in the second half of 2023. It builds on the King's...
Read morePHIN CEO follows chairman in stepping down
Chief executive and founder of the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) Matt James is to step down following a decade in the role. PHIN said it has already begun the search for...
Read moreCQC lifts Cygnet Hospital Sheffield rating after improvements
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated Cygnet Hospital Sheffield good following an inspection which took place in September. The children and young people's mental health hospital had been previously rated as...
Read morePrivate hospitals decline release of unvaccinated staff numbers but are working on increasing uptake
The Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) has not been able to give up to date figures on how many private sector healthcare staff remain unvaccinated despite the threat of dismissal being introduced...
Read moreCQC rates Mediscan inadequate, issues warnings and demands improvements
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated Mediscan Diagnostic Services Limited inadequate, issued two warning notices and told management further improvements must be made to the quality of services. The rating and...
Read morePrivate hospitals must start firing unvaccinated workers in February
Private healthcare providers in England will need to start firing or reassigning unvaccinated workers from early next month. A guidance document released by the NHS England late last week revealed that the...
Read moreKing Edward VII’s hospital opens diagnostic and outpatient facility
Independent charitable hospital King Edward VII's has opened a facility offering diagnostic services and outpatient care. The Kantor Medical Centre (KMC) situated opposite the main hospital on Beaumont Street is housed across...
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