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...He insisted the health service had been “very successful, notwithstanding the headwinds”, at bringing down the longest waits....
...He added his team was now in the “advanced stages” of using the technology to tackle the outpatient waiting list, “to achieve the same benefits we’ve got for elective patients”....
...In the UK, people stood on their doorsteps to clap for the National Health Service, crossed the roads to avoid each other and developed spinal issues....
...New surgical hubs, designed as “cold sites” that will not be disrupted by emergency cases, will also be added to the network of 122 already operating across the country....
...This would add 25,000 procedures in the next year and could be followed by setting up high-volume surgical hubs....
...The Indian leader in 2016 undertook “surgical strikes” in Pakistan following a deadly attack on Indian soldiers, which has since then been used by the BJP as proof of their tough security stance....
...On Sunday night the government announced a further £5.9bn in capital investment for the service....
...This includes reducing outpatient appointments through a system of “Patient Initiated Follow Up”, using surgical hubs to deliver routine operations and incentivising hospitals to carry out more work....
...The second is market-driven: encourage investment in independent primary care and specialist practices; in clinics located in stores; and in urgent care facilities, with outpatient surgical centres for specialised...
...Robotic surgery boost, Crispr breakthroughUK robotics start-up CMR Surgical has raised $600m in what it says was a record private financing round for a medtech....
...Its services arm, Optum, is growing fastest. accounting for more than half of group operating earnings. It owns a pharmacy benefit manager, surgical hospitals and other healthcare businesses....
...And in the UK, Burberry has set about retooling its trench-coat factory in Castleford, West Yorkshire, to make surgical and non-surgical masks, and has used its global supply chain to procure and deliver...
...“Gowns” — “examination gloves” — “green aprons” — read the messages from the accounts of procurement leaders in the UK’s National Health Service....
...Private equity firm Bridgepoint is exploring a sale of Britain’s biggest private provider of NHS services, including surgical clinics and the 111 medical help line....
...Regular readers will know MnL as a piecework that builds on ML, a liveblogging service that like Concorde had to be taken out of service because it was too technologically advanced....
...One mystery here is the identity of the investment consortia buyers, “Gemstone Investment Holding Ltd” and “Allied Cigar Corporation, S.L”....
...Up to £50m will be provided by the government to develop services outside the commercial realm ahead of network launches....
...It is estimated that 5bn people worldwide are unable to access safe surgical treatment, and 94 per cent of these live in low- and middle-income countries....
...Surgical Care Affiliates shares jumped 16 per cent on Monday after US health insurer UnitedHealth said it was buying the outpatient surgical facility operator for $2.3bn....
...They are: improving performance in A&E, strengthening access to GP services, and delivering improvements in both cancer services and mental health....
...US healthcare group Acadia Healthcare Company, which operates psychiatric hospitals, treatment centres and outpatient clinics in the US, announced its £1.5bn takeover attempt in January....
...Acadia, which operates psychiatric hospitals, treatment centres and outpatient clinics in the US, has been looking to expand in the UK since 2014, when it bought Priory’s rival Partnerships in Care from...
...Joey Jacobs, Acadia’s chief executive, said a long-term increase in demand for behavioural health services would provide opportunities for growth and further acquisitions in the UK....
...together doctors, nurses and care workers to span the historically iron divide between GP surgery, community and hospital services....
...In August, the company said patients in its Bath and Reading hospitals, its musculoskeletal service in Bedford and outpatient centre in Nottingham, had risen 12 per cent in the first half of 2015....
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