Scottish opticians chain to do cataracts

Healthcare Market News (News) May 2004A major high street opticians chain could begin carrying out cataract surgery in a number of its stores across...

Capio sells UK occupational health arm

Healthcare Market News (Company News) May 2004Capio AB has announced the sale of Previa UK Ltd, its British occupational health operation for SEK38m (£2.8m)....

Oasis chief executive steps down

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) May 2004Oasis Healthcare plc, the AIM-listed UK dental care operator, has announced that its chief executive Malcolm Hughes is to...

Setback for Scarborough hospital plans

Healthcare Market News (News) May 2004Plans to build a new private hospital in Scarborough have run into difficulties, after the local council refused to...

Capio Harley Street eye clinic opens

Healthcare Market News (News) May 2004Capio AB opened its first British Capio Eye clinic in London last month, a Harley Street facility which has...

Call for more consumer responsibility

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) May 2004Customers should be encouraged to take more responsibility for their purchasing of medical insurance products, and rely less...

Tribal Group non-executive director

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) May 2004Tribal Group plc, owner of independent sector treatment centre provider Mercury Health and independent healthcare consultant Secta, has appointed...

Recruitment bosses feature in Sunday Times Rich List

Healthcare Market News (News) May 2004Healthcare recruitment entrepreneurs have featured once again in The Sunday Times Rich List, the newspaper's annual survey of the...

Private GPs at Edinburgh health clubs

Healthcare Market News (News) May 2004A group of GPs in Edinburgh is stepping up plans to consult and treat patients on a self-pay basis...

Third health insurance provider to challenge BUPA and VHI in Ireland

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) May 2004A third health insurance company looks set to be launched in Ireland, to compete for business previously tied...