NHS £400m land sale

Healthcare Market News (News) May 2004More than 100 surplus NHS sites are to be sold off for new housing, under a £400m deal struck...

Scottish opticians chain to do cataracts

Healthcare Market News (News) May 2004A major high street opticians chain could begin carrying out cataract surgery in a number of its stores across...

Medicash wins Harvey Nichols deal

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) May 2004Cash plan provider Medicash has secured a deal to offer healthcare insurance to up to two thousand Harvey...

Charities warn of mental health ‘crisis’

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) May 2004Mental health services are in crisis, with admissions to hospital under the Mental Health Act rising by nearly...

Setback for Scarborough hospital plans

Healthcare Market News (News) May 2004Plans to build a new private hospital in Scarborough have run into difficulties, after the local council refused to...

Capio Harley Street eye clinic opens

Healthcare Market News (News) May 2004Capio AB opened its first British Capio Eye clinic in London last month, a Harley Street facility which has...

‘Forgotten generation’ of mentally ill

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) May 2004Government reforms are leaving behind a 'forgotten generation' of long-term mentally ill people, a major mental health charity...

Recruitment bosses feature in Sunday Times Rich List

Healthcare Market News (News) May 2004Healthcare recruitment entrepreneurs have featured once again in The Sunday Times Rich List, the newspaper's annual survey of the...

Private GPs at Edinburgh health clubs

Healthcare Market News (News) May 2004A group of GPs in Edinburgh is stepping up plans to consult and treat patients on a self-pay basis...

Angry residents swamp Care UK meeting

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) May 2004Care UK is pressing ahead with plans to open a 12-bed psychiatric unit in Norbury, South London, in...