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New head for UK healthcare
Alan Johnson, the former education secretary was appointed as the new Health Secretary by Prime Minister Gordon Brown last month, following the resignation of...
Is Healthcare at Home next private equity shuffler?
Almost a year after it was first rumoured that private equity house Apax Partners was looking to sell its community-based acute care provider Healthcare...
Queen’s birthday honours
An impressive list of healthcare professionals was recognised by the Queen in her birthday honours list last month for sustained work within the country’s...
Mental Health Services
David T.C.
Davies asked the Secretary of State for Health (20 Jun 2007: Column 1925W) how many secure places for psychiatric patients there are in...
Private equity eyes up Nestor
Nestor Healthcare Group, the stock exchange listed health and social care provider, has confirmed that it has received an unsolicited preliminary approach from an...
Orchard Care picked for fruitful MBO
Orchard Care Homes, the elderly care provider with 26 homes and just under a 1,000 beds, has undergone a management buy-out led by its...
Leveraged buy outs to come under scrutiny
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has announced plans to expand its regulatory regime over private equity houses following a series of reports and claims...
Single tool for Continuing Care and single band for RNCC
The long awaited revision to the government’s National framework for NHS continuing healthcare has been issued and with one fell swoop is set to...
Patel rumoured to want Priory back
Unconfirmed reports suggest that former head of the Priory Group, Dr Chai Patel, is planning to put himself in the running for the proposed...
Alzheimer’s drug hearing ends with no verdict
A High Court hearing into the restrictions imposed on a collection of drugs formally prescribed to older people with mild to moderate cases of...
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