Ultralase acquired by Spanish cosmetic surgery outfit

Healthcare Market News (Company News) June 2005Spanish cosmetic surgery provider Corporación Dermoestética has acquired laser eye treatment company Ultralase for £30m. Under the deal,...

New CEO at Portland

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) June 2005Peter J Curtis has been appointed chief executive of the HCA-owned Portland Hospital for Women and Children in London....

Hospitals to be prosecuted for hygiene failures

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2005Hospital managers could face criminal prosecution if they fail to maintain new hygiene codes designed to eradicate infection by...

Care UK announces fourth ISTC win as turnover climbs 24%

Healthcare Market News (Company News) June 2005Care UK's 50% owned independent sector treatment centre (ISTC) venture Partnership Health Group (PHG) has been appointed preferred...

Oasis directors

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) June 2005Guy Blomfield has been appointed operations director for Oasis Healthcare Plc. Blomfield has worked as a change management consultant...

Agency Costs Under Control? (04/05/05)

The cost of employing agency staff in NHS hospitals failed to rise for the first time in recent memory, as agency spending reported by...

Healthcare team expansion

Property advisor GVA Grimley has appointed Rick Tarver to its healthcare department. He will initially work from the company's Manchester office before switching to...

New brain injuries home for the East

Responding to the lack of specialist care facilities in East Anglia the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust (BIRT) has opened a new post-acute rehabilitation centre...

New executive director at IHF

The Independent Healthcare Forum (IHF), the representative association of UK independent healthcare providers, has appointed Tim Elsigood as its new executive director.Taking up the...

Priory offers free consultations for City alcoholics

The Priory Group has launched a major advertising campaign targeting hidden alcoholics in the high performance world of financial services.Statistics on drug and alcohol...