Oasis update, options and purchases

Oasis Healthcare plc, the UK’s largest dental chain, has announced in a statement released at its recent AGM, that trading to the end of...

Compulsory community treatment programmes could number thousands

The number of people with mental health conditions who can be treated in the community could reach several thousand according to a Health Care...

Benevolent Fund closes addiction treatment centre

A drug and alcohol treatment centre which has been treating health professionals for more than 50 years is set to close after running up...

DCM reports profit surge

DCM (Optical Holdings) Ltd, the operator of the Optical Express and Specialeyes chains, has reported a material surge in profits for the year ended...

First Direct launches cash plan

Online bank First Direct has entered the cash plan market with a new product for new and existing customers.The product costs between £10 and...

Compulsory community treatment programmes could number thousands

The number of people with mental health conditions who can be treated in the community could reach several thousand according to a healthcare think...

Merchant bankers to launch new hospital ‘group’

A group of former Goldman Sachs employees has secured backing from city institutions to launch a new ‘chain’ of private hospitals in the UK....

Independent sector hospital revenues recover after 2003 slowdown

Demand for private hospital treatment picked up in 2004 after falling to a six-year low in 2003, stemming fears, for the time being at...

Health secretary defends PCT restructuring exercise

Patricia Hewitt has defended the government’s decision to restructure primary care trusts (PCTs) and take away their service provider functions. Speaking at a conference of...

US home owners face murder charges

The owners of a nursing home in New Orleans where 34 residents drowned during Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of the city have been charged with...