PPP primary care sites launched

Healthcare Market News (News) March 1999PPP Healthcare has announced the locations of the trial sites of its new private primary care service (HMN Volume...

Waiting lists fell in January

Healthcare Market News (News) March 1999Following increases in waiting lists over the Christmas period, Secretary of State for Health Frank Dobson was able to...

Clinical governance guidelines issued

Healthcare Market News (News) March 1999Secretary of State for Health Frank Dobson and the Chief Medical Officer Professor Liam Donaldson this month launched guidance...

Good response to nurse recruitment campaign

Healthcare Market News (News) March 1999The government has declared itself pleased with the initial results of its campaign to bring trained nurses back to...

PCTs will offer greater flexibility

Healthcare Market News (News) March 1999Primary care trusts (PCTs) will offer patients more flexible and convenient services Health Minister John Denham said this month....

Nestor results

Healthcare Market News (Company News) March 1999Nestor Healthcare plc announced this month its preliminary figures for the year ended 31 December 1998. Turnover rose...

Care UK acquisition

Healthcare Market News (Company News) March 1999Care UK plc announced this month that it has acquired the whole of the share capital of Pro-Pharm...

General Medical Clinics

Healthcare Market News (Company News) March 1999Investors have responded quickly to General Medical Clinics plc's issue of new shares with £550,000 being raised shortly...

Dental services

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) March 1999The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 2 March 1999 at column 672) what is the average...

Community Hospitals interims

Healthcare Market News (Company News) March 1999Community Hospitals Group (CHG) announced this month interim figures for the six months ended 31 December 1998. Turnover...