WHC completes Priory deal

Healthcare Market News (Company News) February 2000Westminster Health Care (WHC) has completed the £94m purchase of Priory Healthcare, following clearance from the Office of...

Nestor loses on contracts

Healthcare Market News (Company News) February 2000Nestor Healthcare reports that it has made a loss on two contracts in its BNA nurse division for...

Care UK acquisition

Healthcare Market News (Company News) February 2000Care UK has acquired Direct Manpower Ltd, which trades as Direct Medical Services (DMS), for approximately £2m.DMS provides...

Barbican and General Medical Clinics announce alliance

Healthcare Market News (Company News) December 1999Barbican Health, part of BUPA, and the private primary care operator General Medical Clinics plc have announced that...

Columbia on prowl

Healthcare Market News (Company News) December 1999The mighty US-based Columbia Healthcare, which has been through a number of recent unpleasant encounters with US regulatory...

Centralisation for Fresenius Kabi

Healthcare Market News (Company News) December 1999All four divisions of the UK operations of Fresenius Kabi have been brought together in Runcorn, Cheshire. The...

Corporate Services Group reshapes

Healthcare Market News (Company News) December 1999Corporate Services Group, troubled by financial problems over the last year, has announced the appointment of three senior...

Sun opts for Chapter 11

Sun Healthcare Group, owners of UK operators Ashbourne, has this month filed voluntary petitions with the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware...

Community Hospitals figures

Healthcare Market News (Company News) October 1999Community Hospitals Group plc (CHG) this month reported revenues of £113.9m (£85.6m) and an increase in profit before...

Boots sets out future strategy

Healthcare Market News (Company News) October 1999Boots the Chemists plc set out its strategy for the future development of the company at a presentation...