Preferred bidder announced for Peterborough

Healthcare Market News (Public Private Partnerships) April 2005Progress Health, a consortium backed by ABN AMRO and Multiplex, has been announced preferred bidder for the...

Danetre contract signed

Healthcare Market News (Public Private Partnerships) April 2005The contract between Daventry primary care trust and United Medical Enterprises Consortium (UME) for the reprovision of...

Guidelines published on prevention of wrong site surgery

Healthcare Market News (News) April 2005A new guide designed to reduce the risk of wrong site surgery in NHS and private hospitals has been...

Preferred bidder announced for Pathway project

Healthcare Market News (Public Private Partnerships) April 2005Serco Group plc's joint venture with Equion Ltd, the accommodation division of John Laing plc, has been...

Cinven blasts back into mental healthcare scene

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) April 2005European private equity investor Cinven has re-entered the healthcare sector by buying back Partnerships in Care (PiC), the...

Batched hospital PFI in Northamptonshire

Healthcare Market News (Public Private Partnerships) April 2005A 'batched hospitals' PFI project worth £85m is expected to be advertised in the summer by the...

Private hospitals to come under new hygiene code

Healthcare Market News (News) April 2005Independent sector hospitals could have to meet statutory requirements on hygiene in a bid to tackle MRSA under proposals...

Priory acquires rehabilitation units

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) April 2005The Priory Group has acquired Aspen House and Beech House from Brookdale Healthcare Limited for an undisclosed sum....

Network established for mental health care professionals

A partnership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), care provider Priory and mental care charity Primhe has launched a UK network to...

New allergy centre at London Clinic

Healthcare Market News (News) March 2005The London Clinic has opened a new allergy centre treating adult patients for a variety of conditions including hay...