NHS Professionals overpayment mix-up

Healthcare Market News (News) February 2004NHS Professionals (NHSP) has asked nurses to pay back money to the organisation, after the NHS's in-house temporary staffing...

Health spending up to 7.7% of GDP

Healthcare Market News (News) February 2004 Spending on healthcare rose to more than £80bn in 2002 - 7.7% of gross domestic product...

Norwich Union launches online PMI

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) February 2004Norwich Union Healthcare has launched its online service whereby customers can get private medical insurance (PMI) quotes and...

Newham mental health unit criticised

Healthcare Market News (Public Private Partnerships) February 2004A £12.5m PFI-funded mental health unit in east London has been criticised in a damning report leaked...

Prisons boss calls for more specialist mental health units

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) February 2004The Chief Inspector of Prisons has called for new units to be set up to treat prisoners with...

Nestor board changes

Nestor Healthcare Group plc has announced the appointment of Sir Andrew Foster and Roger Dye as non-executive directors and the retirement from the board...

India looking to woo British patients

Healthcare Market News (News) February 2004Authorities in the Indian State of Gujarat have launched a marketing campaign designed to attract health tourists from the...

NHS Professionals

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) February 2004Tim Loughton asked the Secretary of State for Health (13 January 2004: Column 716W) how many staff have been...

Health for Industry acquisition

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) February 2004Health for Industry, the healthcare benefits consultancy which is part of the Primary Group, has acquired GWP Working...

£521m Birmingham programme

Healthcare Market News (Public Private Partnerships) February 2004Consort Healthcare, a joint venture between Balfour Beatty, Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC and AWG, has been...