Entries by Beth Rankine

A Healthy Recovery for Two London Private Patient Units

As Covid-19 took hold earlier this year, up to 90% of private hospitals’ beds, staff and equipment were effectively set aside to help the country deal with any massive demand caused by the pandemic. Housden Group has been following the fortunes of private patient units across the UK during this time, writing a regular column […]

How NHS Private Patient Units are Helping Fight the Pandemic

Our last update reported on the upbeat messages flowing from the NHS PPUs Annual Conference, including an estimate of 9% growth for the year ending March 2020 to £700m revenues, together with a forecast of 10% further growth for 2020/21. How quickly things can change… In May, Philip Housden’s column in the Independent Practitioner Today […]