Consultants move to Classic Hospitals following NWMC closure

Over 30 consultants with practices at the North Wales Medical Centre (NWMC) are moving to Classic Hospital’s Yale Hospital in Wrexham and St Asaph...

New women’s service at BMI Thornbury

A new women’s health service has been launched at BMI Healthcare’s Thornbury Hospital in Sheffield.The service, Sheffield Women’s Health, is being run by a...

BUPA launches pandemic flu service for businesses

BUPA Wellness has launched a pandemic flu treatment service. Believed to be the first of its kind in the UK, the service will enable...

Government defeated on Unison motion

The government received an embarrassing defeat last month after delegates at the Labour party conference in Manchester backed a Unison motion calling for a...

Conservatives will fight next election over the NHS

Conservative leader David Cameron has signalled that the party will fight the next general election over the health service. Addressing delegates at the Conservative’s...

NHS needs fewer beds says chief executive

New NHS chief executive David Nicholson has claimed that new data from the Department of Health (DH) proves the NHS needs fewer beds.Figures on...

Lourdes hospital to get £3.5m refit

Classic Hospitals has released more details of how it will spend the £3.5m allocated for the refurbishment of its newly acquired Lourdes Hospital in...

Dentists earning more from private practice

Dentists who worked to the General Dental Services (GDS) contract earned more from private work than from the NHS during 2004/05, according to new...

Care UK forms alliance with primary care provider

Care UK has formed a strategic alliance with BK Health to take advantage of the emerging market for independent provision of NHS primary care...

Mental health services at risk from NHS cuts

The Mental Health Foundation has called on the government to ensure mental health services do not suffer as a result of the current financial...