Dr Foster in joint venture with NHS

Healthcare information company Dr Foster has entered into a 50:50 joint venture with the Health and Social Care Information Centre, a special NHS health...

Sainsbury’s Centre calls for radical overhaul

The next decade should be spent developing a greater choice of treatments for people with mental health conditions, according to a wide-ranging report which...

Rise in number of patients detained in independent hospitals

A watchdog protecting the rights of patients detained in psychiatric hospitals has expressed concern over the increased use of the Mental Health Act in...

Allied Healthcare lists on AIM

Allied Healthcare, the US healthcare staffing provider, formally listed on London’s AIM market on 30 December.Although listed on NASDAQ, all of the company’s business...

Strategic changes at CSG

A trading update from Corporate Services Group (CSG) reports that the company instituted a range of strategic and structural changes in the year to...

Alliance Medical

Kevan Jones asked the Secretary of State for Health (5 December 2005: Column 1059W) when she envisages the new data reporting system will be...

Diagnostic scans

Kevan Jones asked the Secretary of State for Health (5 December 2005: Column 1061W) what assessment she has made of the reasons healthcare providers...

Foundation hospitals

Austin Mitchell asked the Secretary of State for Health (5 December 2005: Column 1061W) how many foundation hospitals plan to commission services from the...

Private patients

Chris Huhne asked the Secretary of State for Health (12 December 2005: Column 1817W) what the total revenue derived from private patients in the...

Private health providers

John Pugh asked the Secretary of State for Health (20 December 2005: Column 2686W) how much was spent by acute trusts on directly and...