The Department of Health (DoH) recently announced that a group of ten ISTCs referred to as the “spine chain” in central and northern England has been awarded to Capio UK the independent group. Mercury, and its parent company Tribal, were awarded only five new ITCs in the South East. There app...

The new NHS tariffs which have set fixed prices for almost 30 surgical procedures have been announced. It would seem that private sector costs for common operations are some 40 % higher. The Times reported a hip replacement costing on average £4,660 in the NHS but £6,848 privately. Leading hosp...