More losses for Advantage

Temporary staffing group Advantage Healthcare fell deeper into bottom line loss despite increasing sales by 6% in the year ended 31 December 2007.Reviewing the...

Federal Court decision seals BUPA’s MBF deal

The £1bn merger between BUPA Australia and MBF looks set to go ahead after the Federal Court of Australia approved MBF’s change of status.The...

Dismal year at Hays

The directors of Hays Healthcare attribute the company’s all round parlous performance to ‘difficult trading conditions within the healthcare sector’.The Hays plc subsidiary that...

Evolution is the key, according to BUPA

The seeming current stability of the PMI market may well belie a state of flux, according to BUPA UK Healthcare Fergus Kee. Addressing delegates at...

WHA treads water

Although retained profits have increased at voluntary health care contributory scheme Welsh Hospitals and Health Services Association, the latest accounts filed with Companies House...

BUPA launches complementary cash plan

BUPA Cash Plan has launched a new scheme designed to complement BUPA’s PMI products by providing members with money to pay for healthcare services...

ChilversMcCrea and Boots combine to offer High Street healthcare

ChilversMcCrea Healthcare has entered a partnership with high street chemist Boots to open a new in-store GP surgery in Brighton.The new, purpose-built surgery suite...

Pilot study supports EMA in non-hospital settings

Cottage hospitals and polyclinic type settings could offer a safe, high quality service for the termination of pregnancy using drugs, according to results of...

NHS needs an economic constitution

Gordon Brown’s vision of a constitution of values for the NHS needs to be accompanied by an economic constitution which will promote a new...

Ramsay to manage Irish hospital

Ramsay Health Care has signed a ten-year management agreement to operate a new private hospital in Ireland when it opens in 2010.The 75-bed Adare...