Meet the private healthcare boss who’s ‘proud the NHS exists’

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Justin Ash’s Spire Healthcare makes millions from hip ops and therapy and wants to expand further – but only in a ‘complementary’ way to the state provider

In a 1980s redbrick building near Gatwick airport in West Sussex, a new doughnut-shaped CT scanner is a vivid illustration of the extreme pressures facing the NHS.

The £1.5m device, which speeds up the diagnosis of cancer and cardiac conditions, is the centrepiece of a newly refurbished Spire Healthcare hospital, one of the private healthcare chain’s 38 hospitals and 50 clinics and medical centres in England, Wales and Scotland.

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Three local NHS CEOs join NHS England as directors

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Two integrated care board chief executives and a trust CEO have been appointed as part-time national directors at NHS England.

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NHS restricting access to obesity services across England, BMJ finds

NHS restricting access to obesity services across England, BMJ finds

<p>Budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on care for obese patients, leading to ‘postcode lottery’</p><p>The NHS is restricting access to obesity services across England, leading to patients in nearly half the country being unable to book appointments with specialist teams for support and treatments such as weight-loss jabs.</p><p>An investigation by the British Medical Journal found budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on obesity care, with patients living with the condition often deemed less worthy of care than others.</p> <a href="NHS restricting access to obesity services across England, BMJ finds">Continue reading...</a>

Budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on care for obese patients, leading to ‘postcode lottery’

The NHS is restricting access to obesity services across England, leading to patients in nearly half the country being unable to book appointments with specialist teams for support and treatments such as weight-loss jabs.

An investigation by the British Medical Journal found budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on obesity care, with patients living with the condition often deemed less worthy of care than others.

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