Scottish minister downplays choice

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2003Further splits within the Labour Party over NHS policy emerged last month when Scottish Health Minister Malcolm Chisholm rejected...

£24m Scottish mental health action plan

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) October 2003A three-year action plan for improving mental health and well-being in Scotland has been launched by the Scottish...

Florence Nightingale medical advisor

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) October 2003Dr Peter Snowden, consultant forensic psychiatrist at Ashworth Hospital, has been appointed as medical advisor to the Florence Nightingale...

British providers rocked by treatment centre snub

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2003The UK's established private healthcare providers were dealt a blow last month when the Department of Health (DoH) provisionally...

International Nurse Mobility

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) October 2003John Baron asked the Secretary of State for Health (1 September 2003: Column 939W) what action the government will...

Nestor takeover bid comes to nothing

Healthcare Market News (Company News) October 2003Talks over the 'unsolicited bid approach' made for Nestor Healthcare Group plc in June have come to an...

Management changes at BHSF

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) October 2003BHSF has announced a number of management appointments. Nick Wright has joined the Birmingham and Hull-based organisation as group...

DoH waits as consultants decide

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2003Consultants across England and Scotland are deciding on the latest version of their contract, after they received ballot papers...

Dental Work

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) October 2003James Wray asked the Secretary of State for Health (17 September 2003: Column 843W) what measures are in place...

MoD private healthcare bill up 50%

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2003The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has spent £9m over the last three years on private healthcare, according to figures...