New Nuffield hospital for Leeds

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998Nuffield Hospitals has confirmed that it is planning to build a new £28m hospital in Leeds city centre, on...

Report on new NHS charter launched

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998Health ministers have welcomed the publication of a report proposing a new NHS Patient's Charter. The report was compiled...

Healthcall personnel

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) December 1998Healthcall is understood to have parted company with a number of senior executives in recent weeks. Last month, Robert...

St Martins seeks greater corporate identity

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998St Martins Hospitals Ltd has relaunched itself as St Martins Healthcare Ltd, in an attempt to portray a more...

New strategy to tackle £150m fraud

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998Health Minister Alan Milburn this month launched a new strategy to clamp down on fraud in the National Health...

Clinicare premium increases

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 1998Clinicare has announced its premium increases for 1999. Increases on its budget plan Connect, and more traditional plan...

BUPA Middle East contract win

Healthcare Market News (News) November 1998BUPA Middle East has won a major healthcare contract with the National Commercial Bank, following its launch in Saudi...

PHP moves to full listing

Healthcare Market News (Company News) November 1998Primary Health Properties (PHP), whose shares previously traded on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) successfully applied this month...

League tables reveal cost differences between NHS hospitals

Healthcare Market News (News) November 1998The government has this month published hospital league tables which, for the first time, compare the costs of operations...

British Heart Foundation launches website

Healthcare Market News (News) November 1998The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has launched its first website, containing information on heart research and help for patients...