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Price of generic drugs cut

Healthcare Market News (News) May 2000 Health Minister Lord Philip Hunt has announced government proposals to cut the cost of generic medicines....

PHP buys two more medical centres

Primary Health Properties has also acquired two modern, purpose-built medical centres for £9.01m. The first in Bromley-by-Bow in East London is a modern asset, constructed in 2010, which is fully let to NHS Property Services Limited, providing a GP surgery and walk in centre for a developing area of London. The centre has a remaining lease term of over 21 years. The second in Llanrumney in South Wales is a purpose built, two storey medical centre situated in a large residential area to the north of Cardiff city centre.

Positive reaction to Budget proposals despite lack of detail

Healthcare Market News (News) May 2002 More NHS patients could be treated in the private sector under the next stages of NHS...

Diagnostic contracts

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) April 2005 Paul Burstow asked (8 March 2005: Column 1729W) what estimate has been made of excess unused...

MedicX builds new medical centre

MedicX, the specialist investor and developer of healthcare properties has announced that it has started construction of a new medical centre for East Cowes. The new centre will replace the existing Primary Care Trust (PCT) owned health centre in York Avenue.

Health Bill criticised for lack of detail

Healthcare Market News (News) February 1999 The government introduced its Health Bill to parliament this month, paving the way for the health...

Further investigation into £700m Capita GP contract

The National Audit Office (NAO) will be investigating a £700m primary care support contract provided by Capita Business Services to GP practices, which GPs...

CCG first time data

For the first time data at the level of the 211 proposed Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) has been presented. The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) report Clinical Commissioning Group Outcomes Indicator Set: Emergency Admissions; provides more information about indicators within the CCG Outcomes Indicator Set and aims to provide comparative information for CCGs and Health and Wellbeing boards on the quality of commissioned health services in primary and secondary care and, as far as possible, the associated health outcomes.

Kent choice project winners announced

Healthcare Market News (News) April 2004 The outcome of a recent patient choice tendering process to identify independent healthcare providers of extra...

Serco slammed by PAC

The Public Accounts Committee has criticised out-of-hours provider Serco for its provision of the out-of-hours GP service in Cornwall.