Agreement reached on batched PFI project

Healthcare Market News (Public Private Partnerships) August 2005The Shires3 PFI Batch has signed an agreement to deliver a series of NHS PFI schemes with...

Patients would ‘go private’ if given the choice

Healthcare Market News (News) August 2005Independent sector providers in Birmingham could make £35m a year from the patient choice programme as patients shun their...

NTA says numbers in drug treatment are on the rise

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) August 2005The number of drug addicts entering specialist care services has risen by 27% over the past year according...

Balfour Beatty preferred bidder for £160m Glasgow PFI

Healthcare Market News (Public Private Partnerships) August 2005NHS Greater Glasgow has appointed Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd, through PFI concession company Canmore, as preferred bidder...

Code of conduct proposals for payment by results

Healthcare Market News (News) August 2005The Department of Health (DH) has published proposals for a new code of practice for healthcare bodies operating payment...

Legal and General Ventures buys BUPA portfolio for £85m

Healthcare Market News (News) August 2005Legal & General Ventures (LGV) has entered the independent hospital market as owner of the UK's fifth largest provider...

Further reductions in NHS waiting lists

Healthcare Market News (News) August 2005The number of NHS patients waiting over six months for treatment fell by 13% in June, bringing the government...

NHS failing to put patients at the centre of services

Healthcare Market News (News) August 2005The NHS is failing to develop 'patient-led' services despite improvements in core services such as heart and cancer care....

Agency staff

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) August 2005Lindsay Hoyle asked (11 July 2005: Column 710W) what steps are being taken to reduce the number of agency...

Financial close for north east neurology centre

Healthcare Market News (Public Private Partnerships) August 2005UME Investment and its partner Clugstons have reached financial close with Northgate and Prudhoe NHS Trust for...