NHS-BUPA nursing exchange scheme

Healthcare Market News (News) December 2003Nurses from BUPA's hospital in Southampton have undertaken a secondment at a NHS hospital in Portsmouth as part of...

David Ormerod buys Boots Hearingcare

Healthcare Market News (News) December 2003Boots The Chemists has sold its in-house Boots Hearingcare business to the relatively unknown David Ormerod Hearing Centres, a...

EU gender legislation

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 2003The European Commission has unveiled proposals which could change the way in which medical insurance costs are calculated...

Huntercombe Edinburgh lying empty

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) December 2003A new private hospital set up to treat Scottish children with anorexia is lying empty, allegedly because of...

Medicash operations director

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) December 2003Liverpool-based health cash plan provider Medicash has appointed Therese Eltringham to the newly created position of operations director, a...

Second batch contract lined up

Healthcare Market News (News) December 2003A second batch of hospital projects worth between £85m and £145m is due to be advertised, including a number...

Westminster disposal

Westminster Health Care has confirmed the sale of its four specialist facilities for people with learning disabilities to The Regard Partnership for an undisclosed...

CHI praises overstretched NHS Direct

Healthcare Market News (News) December 2003Demand for the telephone helpline NHS Direct is so great that some centres are failing to cope, according to...

NHS buys St Michael’s in Cornwall

Healthcare Market News (News) December 2003The South West Peninsula Health Authority Board has released £2m for the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust to buy St...

Royal Liver launches PMI product

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 2003Life assurance provider RoyalLiver has entered into a venture with private medical insurance provider HealthNow to launch its...