£15m promised for local commissioning

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) December 2003The Department of Health is to invest a further £15m in order to assist primary care trusts (PCTs) take...

Care Principles financing

Care Principles Group Ltd, a provider of medium secure mental health services has secured a new £77m loan from the Royal Bank of Scotland...

University of Ulster podiatry clinic

Healthcare Market News (News) December 2003The University of Ulster (UU) is to open a new £600,000 self-pay clinic offering podiatry, physiotherapy and optometry at...

Draft charities bill progresses

Healthcare Market News (News) December 2003Independent healthcare providers that have charitable status will be subject to tougher regulation in the future, following legislation proposed...

Bouygues wins London contract

Healthcare Market News (News) December 2003The North West London Hospitals NHS Trust has selected the Bouygues Consortium to build the Brent Emergency Care &...

Employees value dental insurance most

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 2003Most employers think their employees value dental insurance more than income protection, according to the results of a...

FirstAssist names Baker-Bates chairman

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) December 2003Health and wellbeing provider FirstAssist has appointed its first chairman after being formed earlier this year as a result...

Doctors Direct to offer corporate GP cover

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 2003Doctors Direct is launching a new corporate primary care insurance product which provides 24 hour private GP call...

Sunderland joint mental health services

City of Sunderland Council has signed an agreement with local health bodies to help jointly develop specialist mental health services. The Sunderland City Community...

Clampdown on NHS caesareans likely

Healthcare Market News (News) December 2003The number of NHS-funded births by caesarean section looks set to fall dramatically, following new draft guidance announced by...