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Private hospital news : October 2006

Private Healthcare UK keeps you up to date with the latest treatments available in private hospitals, and developments in the private hospital sector.

Bupa opens emergency treatment centre
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Bupa has opened a casualty clinic at Wellesley Hospital in Southend Essex which offers treatments for minor injuries or illness, Health Insurance and Protection Magazine reports. The clinic will...
More Scots turn to private treatment
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Scotland is turning to private health coverage, and the record £105 million was spent on private medical insurance in 2005, new figures from the private sector have revealed. Health care is...
MRSA in hospitals : Disinfectant reduces MRSA by 75%
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An anti-bacterial cleaning agent has been confirmed to nearly eradicate the hospital super-bug MRSA in a recent study. Byotrol cleaning compound used on door handles, bed rails, patient contact...
More delays as NHS cancels 620 operations a day
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Around 162,000 operations may have been cancelled last year because of NHS administration errors. Conservative MP Grant Shapps has claimed the figure after extrapolating from information obtained...