Primary Health acquires medical centre

Healthcare Market News (Company News) February 2004Primary Health Investment Properties Limited has entered into a forward purchase and funding agreement with Sapphire Primary Care...

No go for north Wales secure unit

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) February 2004The Welsh Assembly has quashed plans by care home provider Ashbourne Health Care Ltd to build a new...

Huntercombe Edinburgh appointments

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) February 2004The Huntercombe Edinburgh Hospital, the specialist eating disorders hospital owned by Four Seasons Health Care, has announced the appointment...

Deaf Connections appoints manager

Deaf Connections, a Glasgow-based charity for deaf and hard of hearing people, has appointed Elaine Welch as manager of its Healthy Living Centre. Welch...

BUPA marketing plans

Healthcare Market News (News) February 2004A BUPA television advertising campaign has been launched, designed to widen the appeal of the organisation and inform potential...

Independent sector nurses’ morale

Healthcare Market News (News) February 2004Independent sector (IS) nurses take far more pride in their workplace and feel more valued than their counterparts in...

Standard Life ‘cost-plus’ scheme

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) February 2004Standard Life Healthcare is targeting the large corporate market with a new 'cost plus' scheme, which enables large...

Florence Nightingale name change

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) February 2004Florence Nightingale Hospitals has changed its name to Capio Nightingale Hospitals. The organisation has been a member of...

HCA appointments

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) February 2004HCA International has appointed Rosemary Hittinger to the position of director of clinical governance. She comes to the position...

DoH manager joins Red Cross

Helen Shirley-Quirk has joined the British Red Cross as strategic manager for contract development on a two-year secondment from the Department of Health (DoH)....