Primecare services criticised by Trust

Healthcare Market News (News) December 2004Out-of-hours GP provider Primecare, part of Nestor Healthcare, has been criticised over its service to Bridgend Local Health Board...

Caution urged over Evercare

Government plans to roll out a US-style healthcare programme designed to keep patients and older people out of hospital were dealt a blow last...

Contract negotiations break down

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) December 2004Negotiations on the new dentists contract, due for implementation in October 2005, have broken down. The British Dental Association...

Choose and book

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) December 2004Tim Loughton asked (17 November 2004: Column 1669W) what estimate has been made of the likely take-up of the...

GP claims patients are shunning treatment at ISTC

Healthcare Market News (News) December 2004Orthopaedic patients in Nottingham are shunning the local Independent Sector Treatment Centre (ISTC), preferring to stay on NHS waiting...

NHS targeting overseas dentists

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) December 2004Moves designed to increase the number of dentists working in the UK have been hailed as a success by...

Kingston PFI deal reaches financial close

Healthcare Market News (Public Private Partnerships) December 2004Kingston Hospital NHS Trust and the Prime Health Consortium have reached financial close on the PFI development...

GPs able to keep 100% of savings made from direct commissioning

Healthcare Market News (News) December 2004GP practices will be able to retain all of the savings they make from commissioning services under the government's...

Oasis struggles on

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) December 2004The less-than-attractive dental healthcare market had another setback recently with the publication of the interim results for Oasis Healthcare...

Jarvis troubles delay opening of Birmingham DTC

Healthcare Market News (Public Private Partnerships) December 2004The opening of the PFI Diagnostic Treatment Centre (DTC) at Birmingham's City Hospital has been delayed due...