Nestor set for recovery after losing major contract

Healthcare Market News (Company News) August 2002Shares in Nestor Healthcare staged a partial recovery in July following publication of its interim results for the...

Sickness absence costs UK economy £13bn a year

Healthcare Market News (News) August 2002The average worker costs his or her employer £522 a year in sickness absence, amounting to £13bn for the...

NHS seeks chair of CHAI

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) August 2002The NHS Appointments Commission has issued an advertisement for the position of chair designate of the Commission for Healthcare...

Oasis Dental Care appointment

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) August 2002Oasis Healthcare has announced the appointment of Simon Shepherd as operations director of Oasis Dental Care Ltd, one of...

BUPA head of brand management

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) August 2002BUPA has appointed Harriet de Swiet as head of brand management. De Swiet worked for Unilever and British Airways...

Dystonia Society chief executive

Eileen Gascoigne has been appointed chief executive of the Dystonia Society. Gascoigne, who has worked for West Hertfordshire Health Authority and Horizon NHS Trust,...

Elizabeth Mills awarded OBE

Elizabeth Mills, former chief executive of medical research charity Research into Ageing, has been awarded the OBE in the Queen's birthday honours list 'for...

SCMH appoints new head of acute care programme

The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health (SCMH) has announced the appointment of Tina Braithwaite, lecturer in community mental health at the University of Birmingham,...

ABI PMI committee chair

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) July 2002Mike Hall, chief executive of Standard Life Healthcare, has taken over the chair of the Association of British Insurers...

Evans leaves IHA

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) July 2002Dr Tim Evans has left his position as director of public affairs at the Independent Healthcare Association (IHA). Evans...