Seek self-pay shoppers
Independent practitioners are being urged to launch their own ‘January sales’ drive at GPs to try and tap in to a new breed of self-pay shopper. Click here to find out what the experts advise
Getting ready to sign a commercial contract
Doctors are having to deal with more and more contracts. Our resident lawyer gives his top tips to consultants and private GPs for getting to the finish line of signing a commercial contract and concluding what may be a lengthy negotiation.
Click here to read his helpful advice
FREE GUIDE: What the Office of Fair Trading plans for private practice
How the competition watchdog came to the conclusion that the private healthcare market 'prevents, restricts or distorts competition'. As well as summarising the OFT's Private Healthcare Market Study, we get the reaction of the industry's leading lights and give advice from experts on what to do next. Find out how to order a copy by clicking here
Warning to doctors who want to retire before April's tax changes
Doctors have been advised their retirement applications might not be processed before significant tax reforms come into place in April 2012. This could leave them paying hundreds of thousands of pounds extra in tax and having their retirement plans delayed. Click here to find out how
Medical indemnity is a minefield, says report
Specialists need independent advice before deciding whether to change their medical indemnity provider. That was the clear message from a briefing run by the Federation of Independent Practitioner Organisations following a survey among consultants into their views and experience of professional medical indemnity. Click here to find out more
Consultants' mileage case in court
Thousands of independent practitioners claiming mileage between their
different hospitals are awaiting to hear the results of a tax test case
heard in court today (27 October). Subscribers can find out how the applicant doctor got
on in his dispute against HM Revenue and Customs by clicking here
Our combined DECEMBER-JANUARY issue is now out.
Our lead story (see right, top) reveals the large growth in self-pay patients and advises on the marketing steps private doctors can take to tap into this market. The increasing need for independent practitioners to be entrepreneurs as well as clinicians is catered for in our feature articles, which are headed by some timely advice on how to negotiate and conclude commercial contracts (see right).
This month also sees the fourth in our series on the changing face of medical tourism (see features). The series is written by one of the industry's most respected movers and shakers.
Plus all the news and vital issues affecting independent practitioners.
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