DH gives green light for six PFI hospitals

The Department of Health (DH) has given the go-ahead for six new PFI hospitals worth a total of almost £1.5bn.Earlier this year, the DH...

Financial close for Glasgow hospital project

Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd (BBCL) and specialist developer Canmore Partnership Ltd have secured financial close on the new Victoria & Stobhill Hospitals project in...

London Clinic results

The London Clinic has reported a 5.5% increase in revenues for the year ended 31 December 2005. Total incoming resources, including £205,000 investment income...

ISTC programme

Andrew Lansley asked (13 July 2006: Column 2062W) how many procedures each independent sector treatment centre (ISTC) was contracted to provide in wave one...

Incidents at ISTCs

Francis Maude asked(13 July 2006: Column 2086W) how many untoward incidents there have been at independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) in the last five...

Private sector provision

Stephen O’Brien asked (14 July 2006: Column 2167W) what percentage of healthcare provision in England is provided by the private sector.Ivan Lewis: In 2004/05...

Elective procedures

Andrew George asked(18 July 2006: Column 376W) whether the Department of Health (DH) has made an assessment of the extent to which primary care...

E-coli affects more Scottish nurseries

There have reportedly been further outbreaks of E-coli last month in Scotland. Two children attending Craigeuk Nursery in Wishaw, Lanarkshire contracted E-coli 0157. The...

Princess Grace Hospital achieves Hospitality Assured

The Princess Grace Hospital in central London has become only the third privately owned hospital ever to achieve Hospitality Assured – the prestigious internationally...

PCTs to offer tariff ‘supplement’ to secure new services

Primary care trusts (PCTs) will be given the flexibility to pay providers more than the national tariff to secure new services, the Department of...