SHA ordered to withdraw ad which mislead patients over choice 30/04/09
NHS North East has been ordered to withdraw an advertisement saying that patients can choose the date and time of their appointments, as well as hospital, because it was misleading.

Unite calls on ministers to end 'privatisation' 23/04/09
Union Unite has called for an end to 'costly, creeping privatisation' of the NHS as the Department of Health looks to make savings of £2.3bn in 2010/2011.

CCP Opens Its Account 15/04/2009
New health service watchdog the Co-operation and Competition Panel (CCP) has received its first case referral, having been asked by the Department of Health (DH) and Monitor to investigate the restrictions on NHS consultants, which curtail their availability to work on behalf of independent providers of NHS-funded services during their non-contracted hours.

PCTs to retender health centres? 09/04/2009
The turbulent economic climate may force some primary care trusts (PCTs) to retender a proportion of new wave health centres and practices as private companies and GP-led consortiums struggle to meet demanding APMS contracts, according to the findings of a new academic study.

Constuction of new cancer centre begins 06/04/09
CancerPartnersUK has commenced construction of its first state-of-the-art radiotherapy and cancer treatment centre at Spire Portsmouth Hospital in Havant.

Vanguard acquired in MBO 06/04/09
Vanguard Healthcare has been acquired by its management team from Nuffield Health for a reported £31m.

Wellington's comes first in critical care audit 09/03/09
HCA's Wellington Hospital has achieved first place in a national ranking of intensive care services.

Nuffield reported to be considering Vanguard sale 02/03/09
Nuffield Health is reported to be considering selling off its mobile operating theatre division Vanguard to pay off some of its debts.

Rise in numbers seeing NHS dentists 26/02/09
The proportion of people seeing an NHS dentist in England has risen, albeit slightly, for the first time in almost two years, figures from The NHS Information Centre show today.

Lords calls for improvements to cross-border healthcare Directive 23/02/09
The House of Lords EU Committee warned today that implementation of the European Commission Directive on cross-border healthcare must be carefully monitored.