All Private patient income cap articles – Page 2
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HSJ Local
Foundation trust appoints PwC to determine its fate
STRUCTURE: Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed PwC to run the process that will examine how to increase its efficiency and income but could recommend a change in governance structure.
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HSJ Local
Imperial aiming for £34m in private and overseas income
COMMERCIAL: Imperial College Healthcare Trust is aiming for £34m in private and overseas income this financial year, board papers reveal.
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News
Patients 'self-funding treatment'
Hospital patients are being allowed to pay for treatments that are no longer available for free, the shadow health secretary has claimed.
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News
District general hospitals look to private income
District general hospitals aim to tap into private market
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News
Warrington and Halton offers self-pay for treatments no longer funded by NHS
FINANCE: A hospital trust is offering patients who want a procedure which is not longer available on the NHS the opportunity to pay for it themselves at normal NHS prices.
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News
Foreign patients lucrative for NHS
Foreign patients who seek private treatment in the UK are a lucrative source of income for the NHS, research has found.
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News
FT wins Ministry of Defence contract to serve British troops
England’s largest foundation trust has won a £365m contract to continue providing healthcare services to the British army in Germany.
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Comment
Sally Gainsbury: cold comfort from 'reassurance'
The government’s “assurances” need looking at closely
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Comment
Readers' letters - 18 October 2012
Private patient units will be an important contributor to NHS trusts’ balance sheets
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News
Private acute admissions hit record level
Surgical admissions by independent hospitals have hit a record high - driven by NHS admissions rather than spending by private patients - according to a new report.
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Blogs
NHS enterprise has been given a freer rein
Absurd restrictions on FT income have at last been lifted
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News
NHS to double private patients - Burnham
Some NHS hospitals are planning to use new freedoms granted them by the coalition government to double the number of patients they treat privately this year, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has warned.
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HSJ Knowledge
The profitability of private patients
NHS private patient units can compete with private hospitals
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HSJ Local
Royal Brompton predicts tougher private patient market
COMMERCIAL: The Royal Brompton and Harefield Foundation Trust predicts a tougher market for private patients over the coming years.
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HSJ Local
Cluster asks GPs not to refer to teaching hospital for some procedures
PERFORMANCE: The medical directors of NHS South West London have asked GPs in the cluster not to refer some patients to St George’s Healthcare Trust because of a waiting times backlog.
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HSJ Local
Great Ormond St says delay to lifting of private patient cap a 'key risk'
COMMERCIAL: Great Ormond Street Hospital has identified a delay to the lifting of the private patient cap as a “key risk”.
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News
Lawyers warn largest foundation trust it could face German tax bill
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust has been advised it could face a significant tax-bill from the German authorities.
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HSJ Local
FT partners with Siemens on audiology marketing
COMMERCIAL: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with Siemens Hearing Instruments to boost “patient referrals and achieve smarter working”.
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News
NHS private patient units let down by 'customer service'
Weak customer service is a greater obstacle to NHS hospitals increasing their private work than the “barriers” being investigated by competition authorities, the UK’s largest medical insurer has claimed.
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News
Private healthcare market referred to Competition Commission
The Office of Fair Trading yesterday confirmed that it would refer the private healthcare market for in-depth investigation by the Competition Commission.