New regulator for the professions

Healthcare Market News (News) August 2001The health minister Hazel Blears has outlined plans for a new overarching body for the regulation of healthcare professionals....

Speculation over future of Westminster

Healthcare Market News (Company News) August 2001There have been reports in the national press this month that Westminster Health Care may be up for...

Nestor acquires Healthcall

Healthcare Market News (Company News) August 2001Nestor Healthcare plc has acquired Healthcall Group in a £110m deal. The acquisition is conditional on approval of...

Call to stop private treatment for wronged NHS patients

Healthcare Market News (News) August 2001The chief executive of the Medical Defence Union (MDU) has called for a change in the law on medical...

NHS takes Heart

Healthcare Market News (Company News) August 2001University College London Hospitals NHS Trust (UCLH) has acquired the private Heart Hospital for £27.5m. Funds for the...

Ambulance personnel service

Healthcare Market News (Company News) August 2001Reed Health Professionals, a division of Reed Health Group plc, has launched a service for ambulance paramedics and...

The number of student nurses and midwives is rising

Healthcare Market News (News) August 2001The number of students training to be nurses or midwives is rising significantly, the Department of Health has claimed.The...

Westminster focuses on two core areas

Healthcare Market News (Company News) August 2001Westminster Health Care has sold two of its businesses as it seeks to focus on senior living services,...

London Agency Project – successful tenders for nurse agency services

Healthcare Market News (Company News) August 2001The Department of Health has announced the award of contracts to 29 companies for the supply of certain...

NHS Dentistry

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) August 2001The Secretary of State for Health was asked (13 July 2001: at Column: 668W) what estimate he has made...