End of life support launch

A telephone helpline offering specialist advice direct to the community has been launched by a Suffolk hospice as part of a scheme to reach...

Personal care cash for cancer

Cash originally put aside by the last government to begin covering the costs of the since-dropped Personal Care at Home Bill will be re-directed...

Tunstall secures NHS framework agreement

Tunstall Healthcare has been awarded a framework agreement for the supply of telecare, telehealth and telecoaching equipment and services to local authorities and NHS...

Dr Foster lined up for sale?

The future role of Dr Foster Intelligence, the healthcare data provider which was controversially part acquired by the Department of Health (DH) three years...

UK in dementia league flop

The UK ranks eleventh out of 14 countries in a study measuring dementia drug use rates, according to a report published this month. The report,...

Barclays signs Signature deal

Assisted living operator Signature Senior Lifestyle has inked a £22m development finance deal with Barclays Corporate Healthcare.The deal will allow Signature to develop a...

US giants team up for $250m telecare scheme

Following hot on the heels of technology provider Bosch’s move into the home healthcare market (CCMN June 2010), GE Healthcare and the Intel Corporation...

New JV will offer cost-effective pathology services

Pan-European diagnostics company Labco has formed a joint venture with Sodexo, an international facilities management company providing services to the healthcare market, to deliver...

Removal of cap could breach competition law

Plans to scrap the private patient cap could breach EU competition rules unless effective controls are in put place to prevent foundation trusts from...

Ramsay rejected

Ramsay Health Care UK has had its bid to take over the running of Hinchingbrooke Hospital rejected.The firm was turned down on the basis...