Lords call for old age investment

A report published by the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology has called for the government to boost investment into the...

Castlebeck development appointment

Castlebeck, the specialist healthcare and rehabilitation provider for adults with learning difficulties, has appointed David Maynard as its new group development manager. Maynard, who...

Clinovia recruits

Community based healthcare provider Clinovia has appointed Stephen Hart as its new director of medicines management. Hart joins the company from ZLB Behring and...

Slight return for Nestor but provider still not winning

Figures released this month by Nestor Healthcare Group plc prove that, even in the face of falling turnover, the care staff provider has pulled...

Counsel and Care call for better support

In research published last month to coincide with National Falls Awareness Day (19 July), Counsel and Care said that progress towards the falls standards...

UK’s first private casualty operator acquires Medicentres

Healthcare Market News (Company News) August 2005Casualty Plus Group, operator of the UK's first purpose-built private casualty unit, has acquired Medicentres UK in a...

GPC negotiating team re-elected

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) August 2005Dr Hamish Meldrum has been re-elected chairman of the British Medical Association's (BMA's) General Practitioners Committee (GPC). Under new...

Medicentres turns profitable

Healthcare Market News (Company News) August 2005After numerous years of losses occasioned by building up its chain of walk-in GP centres, Medicentres (UK) Ltd,...

BCWA strengthens broker support

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) August 2005BCWA has added two new consultants to its team. Lisa Rowe will take responsibility for brokers in the South...

Slight recovery for Nestor but provider still not winning

Healthcare Market News (Company News) August 2005Healthcare staffing provider Nestor Healthcare Group plc has pulled itself back into the black following the huge losses...