CSR maintains NHS spending

Healthcare Market News (News) July 2004Chancellor Gordon Brown has confirmed the government's health spending plans for the next three years in his Comprehensive Spending...

Consultants

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) July 2004Andrew Lansley asked the Secretary of State for Health (29 June 2004: Column 161W) what proportion of consultants who...

Care home company takes 25% stake in Cygnet

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) July 2004Barchester Healthcare, Britain's sixth largest nursing and care home operator, last month signalled its intention to grow into...

Galliford Try wins £60m NHS deal

Healthcare Market News (Public Private Partnerships) July 2004Galliford Try plc, the construction and housebuilding group, has announced that it has entered into a 20...

Consultants challenge ISTC contract restrictions

Healthcare Market News (News) July 2004Hospital consultants are challenging a Department of Health (DH) decision which limits their ability to take up posts in...

McAlpine wins major PFI deal

Healthcare Market News (Public Private Partnerships) July 2004Building projects firm Alfred McAlpine has secured a £40m construction contract at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire.The...

New specialist unit at Westminster Friston

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) July 2004A new 16-bed rehabilitation unit for adults with complex neurological needs has been opened at the Westminster Friston...

Norfolk LIFT schemes commence

Healthcare Market News (Public Private Partnerships) July 2004Work is due to commence on the first of a series of LIFT schemes in Norfolk's community...

Doctors’ anger at accusations of self-interest

Healthcare Market News (News) July 2004A row has erupted between hospital consultants and Independent Sector Treatment Centre (ISTC) providers. Last month, the Hospital Consultants...

BC Partners acquires third European hospital group

Healthcare Market News (Company News) July 2004BC Partners has acquired Barcelona-based private hospital group Teknon from Tenet HealthCare Corporation for ?90million (£59.5m). Although Teknon...