Redevelopment work at St Andrew’s

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) August 2003St Andrew's Group of Hospitals has secured planning permission to build a new medium-secure unit for adolescents with...

National consultation launched as choice pilots falter

Healthcare Market News (News) August 2003A national consultation which aims to look at ways in which healthcare delivery can offer patients more choice has...

Anti-fraud blitz targets agency staff

Healthcare Market News (News) August 2003A campaign to uncover and prevent fraud by NHS agency and bank staff has been launched by the NHS...

Use private sector capacity, Welsh Assembly told

Healthcare Market News (News) August 2003More Welsh patients should be sent to private hospitals and to NHS hospitals in England, the Welsh Conservatives have...

West Private Equity acquires Clinovia

Healthcare Market News (Company News) August 2003Clinovia, the UK home care services group, has been acquired from LVL Medical Groupe SA, France, in a...

Mental health trusts face deficits

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) August 2003Nearly two-third of English mental health trusts faced a budget deficit last year, with some struggling with debts...

UNISON attacks LIFT plans

Healthcare Market News (News) August 2003Public sector UNISON has stepped up its attack on the government's Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) initiative. The attack...

Benenden faced with £4m headache

Healthcare Market News (News) August 2003Benenden Hospital, the independent charitable hospital in Kent, is undertaking a radical restructuring in a bid to stem mounting...

More NHS work for Sancta Maria

Healthcare Market News (News) August 2003The Sancta Maria Hospital in Swansea has secured a contract to carry out more than 700 cataract operations paid...

Private casualty clinic launched

Healthcare Market News (Company News) August 2003A private casualty unit is to open its doors to fee-paying patients in west London next month. Casualty...