Treatment centre provider Afrox to be sold

Healthcare Market News (Company News) December 2003Afrox Healthcare Ltd, the South African private hospital operator selected by the Department of Health to run new...

Priory wins Ministry of Defence deal

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) December 2003The Priory Group has secured a three year contract from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide all...

Another non-executive quits Nestor

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) December 2003Nestor Healthcare Group plc, the provider of healthcare professionals, care workers and GP out-of-hours services, has announced that Tim...

PCT says no to private treatment centre

Healthcare Market News (News) December 2003The government's independent sector treatment centre (ISTC) programme ran into embarrassing difficulties last month, when non-executive members of South...

Shadow ministers announced

New Conservative party leader Michael Howard has appointed Tim Yeo as shadow secretary of state for public services, health and education. The former trade...

Northern Ireland waiting times fall

Healthcare Market News (News) December 2003Hospital waiting lists in Northern Ireland have fallen by 6,000 in the past year and are at their lowest...

Patients go private after PFI power cut

Healthcare Market News (News) December 2003NHS patients who had operations disrupted as a result of the latest power cut at the new Edinburgh Royal...

Primary care fund targets GP surgeries

Healthcare Market News (Company News) December 2003A new listed company set up by two former GPs has raised £140m to invest in doctors surgeries...

Mental Health detention figures

New figures on the number of patients formally detained under English mental health legislation have been released by the Department of Health (DoH). The...

New shadow health secretary

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) December 2003Tim Yeo has been named as shadow health and education secretary, following a decision by new Conservative Party leader...