Northamptonshire mental health PFI project

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) October 2002Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust has announced plans to build a £6m inpatient facility for people with mental health...

Proposals to remove restrictions on dental body corporates

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) October 2002The Department of Health (DoH) has published its proposed amendments to the Dentists Act 1984 for consultation. Under the...

Troubled Health Clinic suspends trading

Healthcare Market News (Company News) October 2002Beleaguered provider of city centre healthcare and optical services Health Clinic has suspended trading on the London stock...

RCP voices anxiety about draft mental health bill

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) October 2002The Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) has expressed 'extreme anxieties' over the government's proposed changes to the Mental...

IDH acquires nine additional practices

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) October 2002Integrated Dental Holdings (IDH) has announced the acquisition of nine additional practices for a cash consideration of £3.04m. The...

Duke Street Capital acquires Thornbury

Healthcare Market News (Company News) October 2002Duke Street Capital has funded the management buy out (MBO) of Thornbury Nursing Services and The Scottish Nursing...

Private hospital growth likely to continue at double digit pace

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2002Demand for private hospital treatment is thriving in the economic and political climate of 2002, according to Laing's Healthcare...

Scotland tackles its rising waiting lists in private sector

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2002The Scottish Executive is set to spend nearly £4m treating NHS patients in the private sector over the next...

Reed Healthcare Groups sees profit rise ahead of expectations

Healthcare Market News (Company News) October 2002Shares in health staffing company Reed Healthcare Group rose by 14 pence to 120.5 pence per share following...

Chairman of CHI will wait for CHAI

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) October 2002The chairman of the Commission for Health Improvement (CHI), Dame Deirdre Hine, will remain in post until the new...