Capio France acquires specialist hand surgery unit

Healthcare Market News (Company News) December 2004Capio Healthcare France has signed an agreement to acquire Fontvert-Avignon Nord - a 91-bed surgical unit recognised for...

New manager for BMI Winterbourne

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) December 2004BMI Healthcare has appointed Jane Bentley as hospital manager at its Winterbourne Hospital in Dorchester. Bentley is a qualified...

Hallmark secures £20m Bank of Ireland growth facility

Hallmark Healthcare Group, the 14-home operator run by Avnish Goyal, has secured a £20m facility from Bank of Ireland to support its acquisition and...

Long term safety of laser eye surgery still unknown

Healthcare Market News (News) December 2004Laser eye surgery to correct short-sightedness should not be made routinely available on the NHS, the National Institute of...

Tribal profits slide following ISTC contract delays

Healthcare Market News (Company News) December 2004Shares in Tribal Group hit an all-time low of 142.5 pence in November following the announcement of disappointing...

New role in national IT programme

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) December 2004Chief executive of Trent Strategic Health Authority Alan Burns has been appointed to a new role leading the service...

NHS care for the elderly

Paul Farrelly asked the Secretary of State for Health (16 November 2004: Column 1384W) (1) what recent estimate he has made of the cost...

Overseas surgeon suspended

Healthcare Market News (News) December 2004The Nuffield hospital in Cambridge has suspended one of its overseas surgeons following concerns about his surgical practice. The...

Netcare announces strong performance in 2004

Healthcare Market News (Company News) December 2004South African Network Healthcare Holdings Ltd (Netcare) has announced strong performance in the year ended 30 September 2004....

Dental reforms could increase shortage of NHS dentists, warns NAO

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) December 2004Government reforms of NHS dentistry could fail before they get off the ground, the National Audit Office (NAO) has...