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CircleBath: hospital of the future

Also on the subject of architecture is a Today programme report. "Norman Foster, the man whose practice brought us the Gherkin, Beijing Airport, and the Great Court at the British Museum has until now had nothing to do with healthcare....

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Hinchingbrooke Hospital, a district general hospital in Cambridgeshire, is to be operated by one of five private sector organisations from 2011 - and Circle is one of the five in the bidding process. The hospital has debts of over £40m, and the only NHS organisation in the bidding process (Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust) recently dropped out citing concerns about resources. This means all five remaining bidders are from the private sector - a vote of confidence in the private
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Posted: February 19th, 2010 01:02 [No Comments]
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BBC News on patient wellbeing at new Bath hospital

BBC Breakfast News today covered the new Foster + Partners designed CircleBath hospital, with a report on how its design positively affects patient wellbeing. Ali Parsa is interviewed among others.

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March 16th, 2010 11:03
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Circle CEO Ali Parsa writes in the Daily Telegraph

Contributing to the Daily Telegraph’s series on healthcare, Circle CEO Ali Parsa argues that hospitals run by doctors really are the best “New solutions are urgently needed in the provision of our health care services. The best sources of ideas are those who are closest to the front line. We need to engage these individuals. Engagement in turn comes from a sense of ownership of both the problem and the solution.”

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March 15th, 2010 21:03
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Daily Telegraph mentions Circle in healthcare series

The Daily Telegraph is running a series of reports on the future of healthcare, with a special focus on the NHS and how services are commissioned by the UK’s 152 Primary Care Trusts.

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March 11th, 2010 12:03
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Circle Partnership Conference 2010 – 10: Round-up

Circle Medical Director Massoud Fouladi rounds things off with a summary of what makes Circle different.

Circle Partnership Conference 2010 – 09: Agents of our Patients

Dimbleby chaired a lively discussion on what “patient care” really means – and how it goes beyond clinical excellence.

Circle Partnership Conference 2010 – 05: Andrew Lansley on policy

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Complex Event Processing in Healthcare

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The Darzi Report and the Question of Implementation

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