NICE revises check up guidelines

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) May 2004The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) is set to recommend that adults need visit the dentist only once...

Nuffield to develop Lincoln hospital

Healthcare Market News (News) May 2004Nuffield Hospitals has put forward proposals to develop its 117-year old grade listed hospital in Lincoln.It is thought that...

Patient choice

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) May 2004David Hinchliffe (23 March 2004): When my right honourable friend came to the Health Committee, he will recall that...

Alpha admits first patient

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) May 2004Alpha Hospitals, the psychiatric care provider led by former Florence Nightingale chief executive officer Patricia Hodgkinson, has admitted...

Private casualty unit to carry out day case surgery

Healthcare Market News (News) May 2004Casualty Plus, the private casualty and urgent treatment centre in west London, is planning to begin offering fixed price...

Home closure paves the way for 3i deal

A former care home is to be converted into a personality disorder unit, backed by venture capitalist funding. Healthcare entrepreneurs Jennifer Priestley and Tom...

New intermediate service for Bristol

Bristol City Council and Bristol South & West Primary Care Trust have opened an intermediate care service to help prevent people being re-admitted to...

Nestor down but in line with expectations

Nestor Healthcare Group plc, the quoted healthcare provider, has announced results for the year to 31 December 2003. The figures are approximately in line...

NHP £10.8m disposal

NHP plc has announced the sale of its NHP Healthcare Partnerships (NHPHP) business for £10.8m in cash. The transaction will produce a net gain...

Long term care

Paul Burstow asked the Secretary of State for Health (25 February 2004: Column 466W) whether the methodology used to arrive at his figures is...