NHS waiting times

Healthcare Market News (News) July 2005NHS waiting lists fell by 1,100 during May to 826,300 - a fall of 67,800 on the same period...

Paddington Health Campus project axed

Healthcare Market News (Public Private Partnerships) July 2005North West London Strategic Health Authority (NWLSHA) has called for an independent enquiry following the collapse of...

NHS hospitals should be transferred to independent sector, says think-tank

Healthcare Market News (News) July 2005The government should look at new ways of funding healthcare and transfer the majority of hospitals to private providers...

Integrated Dental reports loss following take-over

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) July 2005Integrated Dental Holdings Ltd, which was acquired by Diverse Acquisitions Ltd in July 2004, has announced a loss for...

South Devon seeks bidders for £187.5m PFI hospital

Healthcare Market News (Public Private Partnerships) July 2005South Devon Healthcare is seeking bidders for a new hospital facility to replace the majority of existing...

Castlebeck group marketing manager

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) July 2005Specialist healthcare and rehabilitation services provider Castlebeck has appointed Simon Blunden as group marketing manager.Blunden has over 17 years'...

Whitecross sells for profit

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) July 2005Whitecross Dental Care Ltd, the large dental care provider which is part of Integrated Dental Care, taken private last...

New finance package for healthcare buildings

Healthcare Market News (Public Private Partnerships) July 2005Off-site construction specialists and Portakabin subsidiary Yorkon has introduced a new finance package for the funding of...

Chief executive for new NHS body

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) July 2005Professor Bernard Crump has been appointed chief executive designate of the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement - a...

Elderly denied dignified death

Age discrimination in NHS palliative care services has led to many older people being denied a dignified death, researchers at the University of Sheffield...