PFI round-up

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2003* The Scottish NHS trust which built the country's biggest private finance initiative (PFI) funded hospital, the Royal Infirmary in...

FirstAssist takes stake in Healthcode

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) October 2003FirstAssist has acquired a 16.66% share in electronic billing provider Healthcode for an undisclosed sum. The share purchase...

Genetics and Insurance Committee

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) October 2003Lord Warner, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health, has announced the appointment of Anita Macaulay to the Genetics and...

GPs struggling as dentist shortage bites

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) October 2003GPs are being burdened with extra work due to a shortage of NHS dentists across the UK. A growing...

Ex-Corporate Services bosses jailed

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2003Two former directors of Corporate Services Group, parent of the Blue Arrow recruitment agency, were both given custodial sentences...

FSA highlights regulatory timetable

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) October 2003The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has called on insurers to pay heed to the timetable it has set...

LSE’s Le Grand to advise Number 10

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) October 2003Julian Le Grand, professor of social policy at the London School of Economics, is to spend three days a...

New orthopaedic wing for Horder Centre

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2003The Horder Centre has opened a new theatre wing, housing two orthopaedic theatres, equipped to carry out joint replacements....

12,000 NCSC investigations in first year

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2003The National Care Standards Commission has said that it investigated more than 12,000 complaints against care homes and private...

BUPA International Shell expat contract

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) October 2003BUPA International has won the contract to provide a bespoke international health insurance product for the majority of...