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Circle’s takeover of NHS Hinchingbrooke has finally got the green light – and so begins a high-profile test of private sector involvement in the NHS. Tom Ireland hears about the firm’s strategy for the failing hospital
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Elective procedures are rising in the NHS – but independent sector treatment centres are on the wane
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An already tense private healthcare industry is likely to see further conflict following the Office of Fair Trading’s decision to refer the market to the Competition Commission
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Has the abolition of PCTs and SHAs created the thriving market in commissioning support services it once promised to? Tom Ireland explores the organisations waiting for a share of GPs’ ever smaller management budgets
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The dispute between Bupa and GHG suggests relations between insurers and hospitals are at an all-time low. Following the Office of Fair Trading’s report on the ‘unhealthy’ private healthcare market, Graham Clews wonders who will flinch first
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Harmoni, the UK’s largest out-of-hours GP provider, is in the running to play a key role in England’s new urgent care service, 111 – and it’s attracting private equity interest, its chief executive tells Tom Ireland
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Medical technology has continued to generate plenty of deals and start-up ventures this year, but reading the market remains no easy task, finds Jonathan Bacon
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Lawrence Tomlinson tells Vernon Baxter about driving growth, and supercars, at LNT Group
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