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Mercury Health set to bid for further ISTC contracts
Healthcare Market News (News) December 2004Mercury Health has signalled its intention to bid for more independent sector treatment centre (ISTC) contracts when they are...
Ex-BMI boss Preston joins 3i as healthcare advisor
Paul Preston, the former managing director of private hospital provider BMI Healthcare, has joined private equity house 3i as healthcare services industrial advisor.Preston has...
NHS Direct goes digital
Healthcare Market News (News) December 2004The Department of Health (DH) has launched a new digital satellite television version of NHS Direct. The service will...
St Vincent’s Hospital starts new venture
Healthcare Market News (Company News) December 2004St Vincent's Hospital has announced the completion of the sale of its surplus land, previously the hospital site,...
Primecare services criticised by Trust
Healthcare Market News (News) December 2004Out-of-hours GP provider Primecare, part of Nestor Healthcare, has been criticised over its service to Bridgend Local Health Board...
Independent sector signs up to overseas staffing charter
The independent sector has finally succumbed to pressure to accept a strict ethical code on international recruitment, designed to prevent the UK from 'poaching'...
BUPA book wins BMA award
Healthcare Market News (News) December 2004A BUPA health information booklet on lower back surgery has been highly commended in the British Medical Association's (BMA's)...
Standard Life extends Switch scheme to over 60s
Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 2004Standard Life Healthcare has extended its 'Switch' scheme to customers aged over 60.Launched to the under 60's in...
GP claims patients are shunning treatment at ISTC
Healthcare Market News (News) December 2004Orthopaedic patients in Nottingham are shunning the local Independent Sector Treatment Centre (ISTC), preferring to stay on NHS waiting...
Continued delayed discharges
Tom Cox asked the Secretary of State for Health (8 November 2004: Column 532W) what measures he is taking to tackle delayed discharges from...
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