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InterHealth Canada introduces cutting edge Gamma Knife Surgery at UCLH
InterHealth Care Services the UK branch of InterHealth Canada - has recently signed a
contract with UCLH the National Hosital for Ne!rology and Ne!ros!rgery "NHNN#$ InterHealth
Canada will %anage and oerate the new rivate atient !nit& as well as the c!tting edge
'a%%a Knife S!rgery s!ite$
'a%%a Knife S!rgery is a non invasive %ethod of treating brain t!%ors$ Several bea%s of
ga%%a radiation are foc!sed on the t!%or site& and converge to shrin( the t!%or by (illing
cancero!s cells$ )he intensity of each individ!al bea% is low eno!gh to %ini%ise da%age to
s!rro!nding brain tiss!e& %a(ing 'a%%a Knife S!rgery the treat%ent of choice d!e to its
o!tstanding therae!tic res!lts and high levels of acc!racy$ InterHealth Canada has introd!ced
this technology to the NHNN to revol!tionise the *!ality of service and atient care rovided$
In addition to the new 'a%%a Knife S!ite& InterHealth Canada lans on ref!rbishing and
e+anding the rivate ward area at the NHNN& as well as redeveloing the affected NHS areas$
)his incl!des designing and installing the latest I) e*!i%ent to rovide high *!ality& atient
centred care$
)he artnershi between InterHealth Canada and UCLH will be co%%itted to creating a
%odern& rofessionally %anaged rivate ward !nit& which will be on ar with InterHealth
Canada,s re!tation as an award winning hosital %anage%ent co%any& and UCLH,s
re!tation as a leading teaching hosital$
InterHealth Canada is dedicated to sec!ring leading doctors in (ey secialities$ As s!ch
InterHealth Canada has devoted the engage%ent of senior %anage%ent in %a(ing its
artnershi with UCLH a shining e+a%le of the highest degree of atient care$
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1) InterHealth Canada is an award winning hosital %anage%ent co%any& which rovides
services internationally$ 0ithin the UK& InterHealth Canada oerates two NHS treat%ent centres
in the North of .ngland$ )o date& neither has e+erienced a case of M1SA or C 2iff$
2) InterHealth Canada is co%%itted to !tting the atient first and has e+cellent atient
satisfaction levels$ InterHealth Canada oerates on a 3one sto sho, basis& where %ost
atients will only need to visit treat%ent centres once for cons!ltation& diagnosis and re
oerative assess%ent$
3) InterHealth Canada is Chair of the Co%%onwealth 4!siness Co!ncil,s foc!s gro! on
Healthcare infrastr!ct!re financing& e-health and clinical services$ As s!ch& InterHealth Canada
lays a leading role in the !grading of healthcare services in %any arts of the
Co%%onwealth& and senior e+ec!tives are reg!lar sea(ers at %eetings of Co%%onwealth
Health Ministers and Co%%onwealth 5inance Ministers$
4) InterHealth Canada is 6ointly owned by !blic and rivate sector organisations&
enco%assing hositals& !niversities and other healthcare interests$ It seciali7es in the
develo%ent and %anage%ent of healthcare facilities in artnershi with !blic sector clients$
5) InterHealth Canada,s hilosohy is to co%bine clinical e+cellence and atient satisfaction
with oerational efficiency$ It is co%%itted to %anaging each ro6ect with a high degree of local
a!tono%y to ens!re that it re%ains sensitive to and able to adat to the needs of each sit!ation$
6) UCLH ai%s to beco%e world renowned as 8)he Harvard Medical of .!roe$9 In
artic!lar& UCLH ai%s to achieve worldwide recognition in fo!r strategic clinical areas& incl!ding
the area of ne!rology and ne!ros!rgery$
7) )he contract between InterHealth Canada and UCLH is for an initial san of five to ten
years$
8) 5or %ore infor%ation on InterHealth Canada& lease visit- www$interhealthcanada$co%
9) 5or %ore infor%ation on InterHealth Canada,s UK services& lease visit
www$interhealthcareservices$co$!(