Reed Health demerger

Healthcare Market News (Company News) June 2001Reed Executive plc has announced the proposed demerger of its health recruitment businesses to a newly formed company,...

Hospital to close surgical unit

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2001The Hospital of St John of God in Scorton, North Yorkshire, has announced that it will close its acute...

BMI Health Services business development director

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) June 2001Justin Price has been appointed business development director at BMI Health Services, provider of occupational health and physiotherapy services....

PMI demand picks up

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2001The number of people in the UK covered by private medical insurance (PMI) grew by 5.5% last year to...

Liberal Democrat reshuffle

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) June 2001Dr Evan Harris has been appointed health spokesman for the Liberal Democrat Party. He replaces Nick Harvey who has...

Private operations cheaper in the North

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2001A report in the June issue of Health Which? states that people who pay for their own operations are...

RCN leader will fight for members

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2001One in three nurses predicts that by 2010 the NHS will no longer provide free health care, according to...

BUPA

Healthcare Market News (Company News) June 2001Full results for the year to December 2000 have been released by BUPA (see also HMN Volume V...

Consultants propose chambers model

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2001The British Medical Association (BMA) has published a Health Policy and Economic Research Unit paper proposing that consultants work...

BMI defies margin squeeze

Healthcare Market News (Company News) June 2001For the big three independent acute hospital operators accounting for 123 hospitals and approximately 60% of the market...