As AMII welcomes new Chairman Wayne Pontin, Vice-Chair Brian Walters outlines what the Association's future holds
The coming year promises to be a tough one for the private healthcare sector, according to a new report from analyst Laing and Buisson.
According to Laing & Buisson efforts to divert demand away from care homes appear to be running out of steam as the proportion of private payers rises.
Britain will be facing a bill of more than £15bn a year to diagnose and treat cancer in ten years time, new research has suggested.
The private sector will find opportunities opening as the UK moves NHS secondary healthcare services out of hospitals and into community based settings, according to Laing & Buisson.
Older people taking up personal budgets often face cuts to the level of care they can afford and are forced to do so because it is the only way they can continue to use their familiar care worker, according to new research.
The number of private medical insurance (PMI) policies in the UK (insured and self-insured) fell by 3.8% to 3.96m at the start of 2011, according to Laing and Buisson.
Large numbers of care home residents who are presently private payers will be drawn within the ambit of local authority payment, Laing & Buisson has warned.
Today's proposal for a public funded-private sector operated long-term care (LTC) insurance by think tank Strategic Society Centre is to be commended and condemned.