NHS forced to close walk-in health centres because they are ‘too popular’

Posted on June 23, 2011. Filed under: Closure | Tags: , |

Bureau of Investigative Journalism | June 23rd, 2011 | by Melanie Newman Walk-in health centres are closing or having their opening hours reduced because they have proved so popular they are becoming unaffordable. Most of the centres opened less than three years ago under a flagship Labour scheme aimed at improving access to primary care and reducing [...]

Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )

Recession forces Chilvers McCrea to drop APMS contract

Posted on April 28, 2009. Filed under: News stories, Providers | Tags: , , , |

Pulse | By Gareth Iacobucci | 28 April 2009 A squeeze on bank lending is forcing private providers to ditch APMS contracts, Pulse can reveal. Chilvers McCrea Healthcare, which manages over 30 practices across the UK, has been forced to terminate its contact to run an APMS practice in Essex because of the tough economic climate. [...]

Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )

Atos Healthcare: NHS Walk-in Centres

Posted on April 23, 2009. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , |

Atos Healthcare  Flexible access to primary care is the key to delivering health services that meet the needs of modern society. The NHS introduced seven new Walk-in Centres (WiCs) in England, run by independent sector providers. These complement existing primary care services such as GPs and hospital accident and emergency departments. They provide patients with [...]

Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )

Feature: Private practice

Posted on April 22, 2009. Filed under: GP-led health centres, Integrated care, Journals, Providers, Social enterprise | Tags: , |

British Medical Journal | Andrew Cole, freelance journalist | 21 June 2008 1 London | a.cole71@ntlworld.com Contracts to allow general practices to be run by private companies were supposed to be a last resort, but is this really the case? Andrew Cole reports APMS (Alternative Provider of Medical Services) was once just another of the myriad health service acronyms that English general practitioners (GPs) [...]

Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )

GP-led firms are the big APMS winners

Posted on April 17, 2009. Filed under: GP-led health centres, News stories | Tags: , , , , , , , |

Pulse | By Gareth Iacobucci | 18 November 2008 Companies led by GPs are the big winners in the Government’s rollout of APMS services and are dominating the bidding for services across the country, a new analysis reveals. But a new breed of business-minded GPs are blurring the boundaries between general practice and the private sector [...]

Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )

Liked it here?
Why not try sites on the blogroll...

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.