Private healthcare

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) April 2004Frank Dobson asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (23 February 2004: Column 120W) what his policy is regarding whether...

Alternative medicine to be regulated

Healthcare Market News (News) April 2004Practitioners of alternative medicine are to be regulated by the government and could be prohibited from practising if they...

Patient choice scheme

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) April 2004Bob Spink asked the Secretary of State for Health (10 March 2004: Column 1608W) how many patients have taken...

Northumberland mental health contract

Healthcare Market News (Public Private Partnerships) April 2004Victorian facilities at St George's hospital, Morpeth, Northumberland, look like being replaced by a state-of-the-art PFI-funded mental...

Kent choice project winners announced

Healthcare Market News (News) April 2004The outcome of a recent patient choice tendering process to identify independent healthcare providers of extra facilities available for...

Australian insurance subsidy criticised

Healthcare Market News (News) April 2004Australia's leading doctors' group has given tentative support to a discussion paper that challenges government subsidies for private health...

Bouygues wins £120m Essex deal

Healthcare Market News (Public Private Partnerships) April 2004Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust has appointed Bouygues to manage its £120m PFI scheme to modernise Broomfield...

NHS to fund ‘designer baby’ attempt

Healthcare Market News (News) April 2004An attempt to create a 'designer baby' is to be funded by the NHS in a bid to save...

Bon Secours Galway £30m expansion

Healthcare Market News (News) April 2004Work has begun on a £30m expansion of the Bon Secours private hospital in Renmore near Galway. A new...

Calls for £185m Leeds children project

Healthcare Market News (Public Private Partnerships) April 2004Health authorities in Yorkshire are hoping to persuade the government to give the go-ahead for a £185m...