Optical Express appointments

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) December 2002Optical Express, the high street optician which acquired Health Clinic in October 2002 (HMN Volume VII Issue ii), has...

Delayed discharges

Simon Burns asked the Secretary of State for Health (25 November 2002: Column 134W) how many operations were cancelled in England and Wales in...

Private patient work makes up over 50% of dentists’ income

Healthcare Market News (News) December 2002A new survey by health and social care analysts Laing & Buisson has found that over half of UK...

Independent Sector Usage Survey

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) December 2002Liam Fox asked the Secretary of State for Health (7 November 2002: Column 532W) if he intends to publish...

Senior appointment at BCWA

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) December 2002BCWA Healthcare has promoted Richard Esler, currently commercial manager, to the position of commercial director with a place on...

DoH reviews in-house staffing agency as teething troubles come to light

Healthcare Market News (News) December 2002The Department of Health (DoH) has played down claims that NHS Professionals, its in-house staffing agency, is floundering due...

BC partners acquires Switzerland’s leading hospital group

Healthcare Market News (Company News) December 2002BC Partners, the private equity group which owns General Healthcare Group (GHC), has acquired Swiss private hospital giant...

Shadow chair of CHAI

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) December 2002Professor Sir Ian Kennedy has been appointed shadow chair of the new Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection, (CHAI)....

Milburn rejects renegotiation of consultants’ contract

Healthcare Market News (News) December 2002Alan Milburn has told senior doctors that there can be no renegotiation of the new contract for consultants. The...

Reed claims company in good health after directors’ mysterious dismissal

Healthcare Market News (Company News) December 2002The Board of Reed Health Group has issued a statement maintaining its confidence in the company's financial position...