Capio buys London pathology lab

Healthcare Market News (Company News) March 2004Capio Diagnostics has acquired Independent Histopathology Services Ltd, the London-based provider of histopathology and cytopathology services, for an...

Ashbourne – correction

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) March 2004Care home operator Ashbourne Healthcare has asked HMN to make clear that it has not applied for planning...

Euro court to rule on overseas treatment

Healthcare Market News (News) March 2004The European Court of Justice is to rule on whether the NHS should pay when patients have to be...

Call for free market for healthcare

Healthcare Market News (News) March 2004Even the most generous levels of funding will fail to deliver Chancellor Gordon Brown's promise of a 'world class...

Plastic surgeon loses court battle over Highgate ‘tummy tuck’ death

Healthcare Market News (News) March 2004Plastic surgeon Winston Shaer has been ordered to pay £261,000 compensation to the family of a female customer who...

MIA Lodestone regroups in the UK

Healthcare Market News (Company News) March 2004MIA Group Ltd, the Australian-based pathology and NMR imaging group, has been very acquisitive over the last few...

London Clinic finance director

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) March 2004The London Clinic has announced the appointment of Sanjay Shah as finance director. Shah joins The London Clinic after...

£24m Sandwell LIFT contract

Healthcare Market News (Public Private Partnerships) March 2004ExcellCare, the company jointly owned by Equion, a division of John Laing plc, and the Bank of...

Multiple births up 20%

Healthcare Market News (News) March 2004The proportion of multiple births has increased by 20% in England in the last 10 years, due in part...

BUPA cosmetic clinic

Healthcare Market News (News) March 2004BUPA has set up a new clinic offering a wide range of minimally invasive cosmetic procedures at its Wellesley...