Care UK ends sale talks

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The board of Care UK confirmed this month that discussions with regard to a possible offer for the company have effectively been terminated. The...

US hospital group plans investment in sector

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Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS), the third largest US hospital group headquartered in Philadelphia, has acquired a 50% shareholding in HCF Guernsey Limited, the...

Westminster annual general meeting

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Westminster Health Care (WHC) this month held its annual general meeting. At the meeting, John Lockhart, chairman of WHC, referred to the challenging nature...

Quality audit for BUPA network hospitals

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Healthcare Market News (News) October 1998BUPA is to introduce systems to measure the quality of outcomes in the 170 hospitals which make up its...

£5m to pilot new primary care services

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Healthcare Market News (News) October 1998Health authorities, working together with family doctors, nurses and community trusts, have been invited to put forward proposals to...

Corporate dentistry takes leap forward

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Healthcare Market News (News) October 1998Boots the Chemists announced this month that it has acquired one of only 27 dental bodies corporate (DBCs) which...

NHS investment in information systems

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Healthcare Market News (News) October 1998The government has announced a £1 billion investment programme into information technology throughout the NHS.Secretary of State for Health...

Guardian / PPP restructuring

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Healthcare Market News (News) October 1998Guardian Royal Exchange has completed the comprehensive review of its healthcare division, following the acquisition of PPP healthcare in...

Market review forecasts 20% share for NHS

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Healthcare Market News (News) October 1998The Fitzhugh Directory of Independent Healthcare and Long Term Care, published this month, claims that the NHS is on...

Heart Hospital opens its doors

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Healthcare Market News (News) October 1998The first new private hospital in London for 12 years this month opened its doors. The Heart Hospital, construction...
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