NPSA board members announced

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) November 2001Lord Philip Hunt has announced the board members for the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA). The members are as...

Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Council, in partnership with Southern Derbyshire Health Authority, is inviting tenders for a new residential facility for people with dementia in the...

Oasis Healthcare makes further acquisitions

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) November 2001Oasis Healthcare plc has announced the acquisition of general dental practices in Birmingham, Bridlington and Fleetwood, together with a...

New code for recruiting overseas nurses

Healthcare Market News (News) November 2001The Government has issued new guidance for the NHS in a bid to tackle problems surrounding the recruitment of...

Heartache

Healthcare Market News (Company News) November 2001The directors of the Heart Hospital Ltd have appointed Robson Rhodes to act in a voluntary arrangement. Following...

Woodlands hospital team expands

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) November 2001Woodlands Healthcare has announced the appointment of Cynthia Ransome as marketing and business development manager with responsibility for the...

Nestor appointment

Following Nestor Healthcare Group's acquisition of Healthcall, Robbie Burns will take on the newly created role of managing director, government contracts. The former managing...

Government takes action on public sector fraud

Healthcare Market News (News) November 2001A new profession to tackle fraud in the NHS and across the public sector has been announced by Health...

Private Medicine (VAT)

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) November 2001The Chancellor of the Exchequer was asked (15 Oct 2001: Column: 857W) how much VAT was raised at current...

Lodestone expands with acquisition of HealthSouth

Healthcare Market News (Company News) November 2001Lodestone Patient Care has acquired HealthSouth from its US owners for a cash consideration of £20.4m. HealthSouth operates...