Shrewsbury NHS hospital PPU plans

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Healthcare Market News (News) November 2003Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS trust is planning to build a new 14-bed private patient unit (PPU), it emerged...

Private operations cost NHS ‘40% more’

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Healthcare Market News (News) November 2003Operations carried out on NHS patients by the private sector are costing the health service as much as 40%...

PHP takes over Valerie Levene

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Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) November 2003Private medical insurance (PMI) provider Private Health Partnership Ltd, part of Skipton Building Society group, has taken over...

Private hospital revenue up 81/2%

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Healthcare Market News (News) November 2003Demand for private hospital treatment remains strong and healthy in spite of slowing economic expansion, according to Laing's Healthcare...

Private Healthcare Providers

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Healthcare Market News (Parliament) November 2003Nicholas Brown asked the Secretary of State for Health (16 October 2003: Column 343W) how many foreign-owned private healthcare...

Mental health strategy launched

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Health Minister, Rosie Winterton has launched the implementation guidance for the Women's Mental Health Strategy. The National Institute for Mental Health (England), in conjunction...

Barking dismantles joint management

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London Borough of Barking and Dagenham council is to dismantle its joint management arrangements with its local primary care trust (PCT). The joint arrangements...

Nestor interims

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Nestor Healthcare Group has announced interim results for the half-year to 4 July 2003. The results were published as the board of Nestor confirmed that...

New chairs for NI DHSSPS

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Northern Ireland's Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) has announced the appointment of Deirdre Dorman as the new chair of the...

Wandsworth delayed discharge plan

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Wandsworth is to expand its intermediate care services in order to help speed up patients' discharge from hospital and prevent unnecessary admissions. The services...
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