NHS takes on Daresbury Wing

Healthcare Market News (News) August 1999The Warrington Hospital NHS trust has confirmed that it has purchased the Daresbury Wing, a former 30-bedded private wing...

New primary care centre opens

Healthcare Market News (News) August 1999Barbican Health, part of the BUPA group, has this month opened a new healthcare centre located at Canary Wharf,...

Major operators increase market share

Healthcare Market News (News) August 1999Key trends within the acute sector are highlighted in the Fitzhugh Directory of Independent Healthcare & Long Term Care...

Improvement in dental health

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) August 1999The Office for National Statistics has released information on the 1998 Adult Dental Health Survey, commissioned by the four...

NHS trusts fail to monitor consultants’ private work

Healthcare Market News (News) August 1999Very few NHS trusts are actively monitoring the amount of private practice undertaken by consultants, or how far it...

Investigation launched into waiting list ‘fiddle’

Healthcare Market News (News) August 1999Redbridge Health Care NHS Trust has launched an investigation and suspended a senior manager following the inappropriate suspension of...

UK among the lowest spenders on health

Healthcare Market News (News) August 1999Latest figures from the Office of Health Economics (OHE) have shown that despite an increased expenditure, the UK remains...

BUPA launches cataract clinic

Healthcare Market News (News) August 1999The BUPA South Bank Hospital has officially opened a new 'walk in walk out' cataract clinic. The £200,000 Worcester...

Small fall in waiting lists

Healthcare Market News (News) August 1999The number of people waiting for NHS operations in England has fallen for the first time in three months,...

Waiting Lists

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) August 1999The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 6 July 1999 at column 494) what arrangements are being...