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Common Services Agency is to create 60 new NHS support jobs in Aberdeen over the next six months, while existing staff will relocate to the city's Bridgeview building.
23-Dec-2003


The Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham is planning to build a new £30m treatment centre by 2006, and an international consortium called Nations Healthcare is expected to be the preferred bidder.
23-Dec-2003


Interserve has won a £13m contract from South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust for refurbishment and new build work at Friarage Hospital in Northallerton.
18-Dec-2003


Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust has submitted plans to build a £5.6m medical training centre at the Manor Hospital site in Moat Road.
18-Dec-2003


John Laing has been selected as preferred bidder for healthcare projects worth £1.35bn, including the redevelopment of St Bartholomew's and Royal London hospitals in London and two projects in Staffordshire.
15-Dec-2003


Carillion is to build a £25m treatment centre at the Great Western Hospital site in Swindon by 2005.
12-Dec-2003


Norfolk, Suffolk & Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority is planning to recruit 2,000 additional nurses, 300 consultants and 80 GPs across the three counties by 2006, due to a £800m increase in its budget.
12-Dec-2003


East Anglian Ambulance NHS Trust is planning to build a new £1.6m control centre site at its Hellesdon site near Norwich.
11-Dec-2003


BT has won contracts worth £1.6bn to develop an electronic patient care record for the NHS, while Accenture has won a £1.1bn NHS contract to modernise its IT infrastructure in the north-east.
09-Dec-2003


Nottingham City Hospital has won government permission to build a £9m four-storey haematology centre.
26-Nov-2003


South Essex Partnership NHS Trust is in talks with three construction groups about its plan to build a £17m mental hospital in Wickford.
20-Nov-2003


Optos, the Dunfermline-based eye care equipment supplier with 120 staff, has raised £5m from a group of investors to expand into continental Europe and Japan.
19-Nov-2003


NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust has announced plans to build ten health centres in Liverpool by 2006, as part of a £20m scheme to upgrade GP and other primary care services.
19-Nov-2003


Staffordshire County Council is creating more than 200 new childcare jobs across the county, having secured a National Lottery grant.
14-Nov-2003


Boots has sold its Hearingcare operation to David Ormerod Hearing Centres of Llandudno, with Ormerod taking responsibility for the provision of hearing care in 64 of its stores.
13-Nov-2003


North Lincolnshire Council is to consider plans from Guardian Care Homes for the £1.5m expansion of the Barrow Hall nursing home in Barrow-upon-Humber, with the creation of 30 jobs.
11-Nov-2003


Gyrus has acquired Explorent, the German supplier of surgical instruments, for up to £3.8m.
10-Nov-2003


Southend Hospital has selected Fossetts Farm as the preferred location for the development of a £100m diagnostics and treatment centre, and a planning proposal is expected to be submitted in December.
07-Nov-2003


The Beatson Oncology Centre in Glasgow is planning to build a new £15m cancer research complex for 240 staff.
03-Nov-2003


James Hull Associates is considering plans to raise £25m in a flotation on Aim, in order to fund the expansion of its chain of 35 dental practices.
29-Oct-2003


Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is to invest £20m at Bradford Royal Infirmary and St Luke's Hospital, including building improvements and the installation of the latest medical technology.
23-Oct-2003


Ryhurst has been selected as preferred bidder by the New Forest Primary Care Trust to build a £23m hospital in Lymington.
15-Oct-2003


SchlumbergerSema has won a £64m contract from the NHS to set up an electronic booking system for outpatient appointments.
09-Oct-2003


Carmarthenshire County Council has drawn up plans to spend £17m on care homes over the next 10 years, including the construction of new homes, refurbishments and closures.
07-Oct-2003


Basildon & Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Trust has won government approval to build a new £56m heart centre at Basildon Hospital by 2007.
03-Oct-2003


Nottingham City Hospital has confirmed plans to build a £21m cardiac centre by 2005.
01-Oct-2003


Care UK has acquired a 75% stake in Corvedale Holdings, the Shropshire-based provider of residential and educational children's care services, for up to £6m.
29-Sep-2003


Sovereign Capital has acquired Laurel Management Services, the operator of 29 funeral homes in the Midlands, Kent, Hampshire and Hertfordshire, for £21m.
29-Sep-2003


Hull & East Yorkshire NHS Trust is seeking contractors to build and maintain a four-storey block at the Hull Royal Infirmary, at a cost of between £10m and £20m.
24-Sep-2003


South Worcestershire Primary Care Trust is to build a new £10m hospital in Pershore to replace Pershore Cottage Hospital and Pershore Health Centre.
19-Sep-2003


Medical Solutions is to move to a new office and laboratory complex on the Nottingham Business Park by the end of the year, with the creation of 100 jobs.
19-Sep-2003


Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust has awarded a £4m contract to Cowlin Construction to build a new mental health unit in Penarth.
18-Sep-2003


Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust has awarded a £3m contract to Kier to extend its ambulatory diagnostic treatment unit at the Stracathro Hospital in Dundee.
18-Sep-2003


Care UK has been selected by the NHS as preferred bidder to build treatment centres in Plymouth, Maidstone and South Yorkshire.
15-Sep-2003


Unilever is to sell its dental care business in the US and Canada to Church & Dwight for £65m.
11-Sep-2003


Torex has acquired HAS Solutions, the Australian supplier of clinical trauma systems, for £12m.
10-Sep-2003


Gyrus has acquired Entermed, the distributor of medical products in Belgium and the Netherlands, for £1.5m.
10-Sep-2003


Biocompatibles is looking to spend up to £73m on acquisitions to expand its medical devices business.
10-Sep-2003


Bridgepoint Capital has acquired a majority stake in Robina Care Group, the Bath-based operator of 51 nursing homes, for £35m, and Bank of Scotland is to provide a further £15m to fund acquisitions.
09-Sep-2003


Nord Anglia Education is to acquire Petits Enfants, the operator of nine nurseries in the London area, for £3.2m, and a £10m share placing will fund further acquisitions.
08-Sep-2003


Coventry City Council is considering plans from Coventry Primary Care Trust to build a mental health resource centre at Coventry & Warwickshire Hospital.
03-Sep-2003


Casualty Plus is planning to set up a further six private casualty units over the next two years, with the first opening in Brentford in October.
01-Sep-2003


Camden Primary Care Trust has awarded a £1m contract to Motives to build a new office in north London.
28-Aug-2003


Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust is to choose between HBG and Mansell to build a £20m liver treatment centre in west London by April 2005.
28-Aug-2003


Conwy & Denbighshire NHS Trust has approved plans for the development of a £2m emergency medical admissions centre at Glan Clwyd hospital in Bodelwyddan.
27-Aug-2003


Craegmoor Healthcare has raised £245m in a bond issue to reduce debt and fund the expansion of its residential care business, which currently has 7,500 staff in 300 homes.
15-Aug-2003


Ashton Leigh & Wigan Primary Care Trust is planning to build a £3m health centre in Atherton.
12-Aug-2003


West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds has won approval to build a new £2.2m oncology unit by June 2004.
11-Aug-2003


Alfred McAlpine has won a £170m contract to build new patient and research facilities at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.
07-Aug-2003


The Royal Society of Medicine has awarded a £6m contract to Killby & Gayford to refurbish its London headquarters.
07-Aug-2003


County Durham & Darlington Priority Services NHS Trust has awarded a £16m contract to Balfour Beatty and Balfour Kilpatrick to build the West Park mental health hospital in Darlington.
31-Jul-2003


Carillion has been selected as preferred bidder to develop a 1,200-bed hospital in Portsmouth.
28-Jul-2003


Central Cheshire Primary Care Trust is planning to build a £3m health centre in Shavington.
17-Jul-2003


North Somerset Council has awarded a £2.5m contract to Henry W Pollard to build a healthy living centre in Weston-super-Mare.
17-Jul-2003


Yeovil District Hospital is planning a £7m refurbishment and expansion project.
16-Jul-2003


Sunderland Council has awarded outline planning permission for the development of a £40m mental hospital and housing on the site of the Cherry Knowle Hospital in Ryhope.
14-Jul-2003


Uttlesford Primary Care Trust is planning to build a £2m health centre in Stansted over the next two years.
14-Jul-2003


Metis is to open its second physiotherapy centre in the basement of London's Theatre Royal in September, and will then consider opening two high street locations.
14-Jul-2003


Medical Solutions is to acquire Farrer-Brown, the London-based histopathology laboratory with eight staff, from Sonic Healthcare.
09-Jul-2003


United Drug has acquired Mantis Surgical, the Newbury-based supplier of medical equipment with 17 staff, for £5.6m.
09-Jul-2003


Crawley Primary Care Trust is planning to spend £17m developing services at Crawley Hospital, having dropped plans to build a new hospital at nearby Pease Pottage.
09-Jul-2003


Gloucestershire Ambulance Service has announced plans to set up a new £1.7m headquarters at the Ashville Business Park in Staverton by March 2004, and the existing sites in Cheltenham and Gloucester will be sold.
07-Jul-2003


Shetland Islands Council is looking into the possibility of using private finance to build a new £44m hospital in Lerwick.
01-Jul-2003


Heart of Birmingham Primary Care Trust is planning to build a £3.5m one-stop health centre in Winson Green by 2004.
30-Jun-2003


Derby City Council has approved plans from Greater Derby Primary Care Trust to build a £4m health centre in Alvaston.
30-Jun-2003


DePuy, the manufacturer of orthopaedic implants, is to set up a 45,000 sq ft headquarters at the White Rose office park in Leeds.
30-Jun-2003


The Department of Health has announced a £50m funding package to develop the use of genetics in health care over the next three years, including the upgrade of genetics laboratories throughout the country.
26-Jun-2003


Getinge is planning to create up to 20 new jobs at the Boldon Business Park on Tyneside this year, following a rise in NHS demand for its operating theatre equipment.
25-Jun-2003


The Ministry of Defence is seeking a 40-acre site in Birmingham to build a medical training facility with 2,000 staff, which would involve the relocation of operations from Gosport and Aldershot.
24-Jun-2003


University College London NHS Trust is in discussions to set up a 150,000 sq ft office at 250 Euston Road in London.
24-Jun-2003


Eric Wright Group has won a £65m contract to build ten health centres across Lancashire.
19-Jun-2003


Randox Laboratories, the manufacturer of medical diagnostic test products, is to invest £123m in County Antrim with the creation of 810 jobs over the next three years.
18-Jun-2003


Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Trust is to relocate administrative staff to a new office in Acre Mills, Lindley, in order to free up space for clinical development at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary.
12-Jun-2003


Carillion has been selected as preferred bidder for a £80m five-year contract to build and provide facilities management services for surgeries and other primary care units in Birmingham.
12-Jun-2003


Just Learning has acquired CareShare, the Scottish chain of 20 nurseries, for £17m, creating a combined group with 56 sites and 1,200 staff.
09-Jun-2003


Hampshire County Council is considering plans for the development of three new nursing homes in Aldershot, Basingstoke and Fareham, at a cost of £60m.
05-Jun-2003


CustomVis is planning to raise up to £15m on Aim to develop a new eye laser treatment system, with the funds being used to increase production and develop a sales and service infrastructure.
02-Jun-2003


Essex Strategic Health Authority has announced details of an additional £400m investment in local health services over the next three years, with the recruitment of 242 nurses, 68 consultants, 162 advisers and 356 health care assistants.
30-May-2003


The Northern General hospital in Sheffield has won approval for a £30m scheme to replace a number of outdated wards with a new 168-bed ward block, with construction work starting next year.
29-May-2003


The National Assembly for Wales has approved plans for the £60m refurbishment of the Ysbyty Glan Clwyd hospital in Bodelwyddan, including four new wards.
28-May-2003


Carmarthenshire NHS Trust has announced proposals for the £4m redevelopment of the accident and emergency department at Carmarthen's Glangwili Hospital.
28-May-2003


East & North Herts NHS Trust and developer Ryhurst have agreed contracts for the £8.5m redevelopment of Hertford County Hospital, with construction work starting in July.
28-May-2003


Medical Solutions has acquired the Welcare Pathology Laboratory from the Welcare Hospital in Dubai for up to £12m.
23-May-2003


King's Mill Hospital at Mansfield is to undergo a £150m expansion scheme, with construction due to start in 2006.
23-May-2003


University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is to recruit up to 344 additional staff at the Leicester Royal Infirmary, Glenfield and General hospitals, having secured an extra £33m of NHS funding.
20-May-2003


East Lancashire Hospitals Trust has selected a consortium headed by Bovis Lend Lease as preferred bidder for a £27m redevelopment project at Burnley General Hospital.
14-May-2003


Borough of Poole is to soon receive plans for the development of a £35m maternity, neonatal and gynaecology hospital on the current site of St Mary's Hospital.
09-May-2003


North & West Belfast Health Trust has outlined plans for the £7.2m redevelopment of Muckamore Abbey Hospital near Antrim, including a new admission and treatment unit and a specialist forensic unit.
02-May-2003


Arran Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking bidders for a £18m contract to build a maternity unit at Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock.
30-Apr-2003


Hoylake Cottage Hospital Trust is planning to rebuild its community hospital in Wirral at a cost of £3.5m, having submitted plans for the development of a 60-bed centre over the next two years.
24-Apr-2003


Derby City Council is considering plans from Central Derby Primary Care Trust to build a £3m health centre on the site of Village Community School.
24-Apr-2003


Breckland Council is to consider plans from West Norfolk Primary Care Trust for the construction of a £2m health centre in Swaffham.
18-Apr-2003


University of Wolverhampton has awarded a £4m contract to Interserve to build a school of health.
17-Apr-2003


The Department of Health is to spend up to £182m on the expansion of the NHS Direct telephone advice line and online services by 2006, in order to provide more capacity and double the number of calls.
16-Apr-2003


Worthing & Southlands Hospital NHS Trust has awarded a £2.6m contract to Elliott of Bradford to build a three-storey block at Worthing Hospital.
10-Apr-2003


Just Learning is opening a new nursery at the Cobalt Business Park on North Tyneside with the creation of 30 jobs, and expects to expand its chain from 36 to 40 by next year.
09-Apr-2003


Barchester Healthcare Homes has awarded a £2.5m contract to Thermabuild to build a nursing home in Lowestoft.
03-Apr-2003


Peterborough Hospitals NHS Trust has secured approval to build a new £250m hospital on the site of the current Edith Cavell Hospital, with work starting in 2005.
31-Mar-2003


Mid Cheshire Hospitals Trust has secured £10m to fund the development of a diagnostic and treatment centre at Leighton Hospital in Crewe.
27-Mar-2003


Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a contractor to build a £35m extension at Derriford Hospital.
26-Mar-2003


Smith & Nephew has agreed to acquire Centerpulse, the Swiss medical technology company, for £1.5bn, creating the world's third largest orthopaedics group.
21-Mar-2003


Oasis Healthcare has acquired dental practices in Andover, Longfield, St Albans and Wrexham for £1.9m, expanding its estate to 128 sites.
20-Mar-2003


Carillion is in negotiations with the Swindon & Marlborough NHS Trust to build a £25m diagnostic and treatment centre at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon.
20-Mar-2003


South Lanarkshire Council is to consider plans from Dawn Construction for the development of a new hospital in Stonehouse, including a 40-bed ward for the elderly, although a decision is yet to made on funding the project.
18-Mar-2003


The Department of Health is planning legislation for the creation of community-owned foundation hospitals, and existing healthcare companies will also be invited to become public interest companies.
13-Mar-2003


Peterborough Hospitals NHS Trust is to build a £1.6m cardiac catheter laboratory at the Peterborough District Hospital by the end of 2004.
10-Mar-2003


Bedford Hospitals NHS Trust has awarded a £3.8m contract to Elliott to build a new wing at Bedford Hospital.
06-Mar-2003


Southampton City Primary Care Trust is planning to build a £2m medical centre in Millbrook by autumn 2004.
04-Mar-2003


Hartest Holdings is to sell its Haverhill-based laboratory furnishings division to management for up to £3.3m, in order to focus on medical services and instrumentation.
28-Feb-2003


North East Wales NHS Trust is planning to build a new community hospital in Holywell by 2006, in order to replace the existing Lluesty rehabilitation hospital and Holywell Hospital.
28-Feb-2003


Portland Group, the County Durham-based operator of 12 care homes, is planning to open at least two new sites a year, with the creation of 200 new jobs by 2007.
26-Feb-2003


Doncaster & South Humber Healthcare NHS Trust has won approval to build a £5m mental health unit for up to 28 full time patients in Ashby.
24-Feb-2003


Torex has acquired the laboratory, radiology, oncology, mental health and primary care operations of InHealth Solutions for £3.5m, in order to strengthen its market position for hospital IT systems.
21-Feb-2003


Lincoln Hospitals NHS Trust has awarded a £3.5m contract to Bradford-based Elliot to build a ward at Lincoln County Hospital.
20-Feb-2003


New Forest Primary Care Trust is planning to build a new £23m hospital in Lymington.
19-Feb-2003


Surrey & Sussex NHS Trust has announced plans to build a £15m 60-bed acute ward at the East Surrey Hospital in Redhill.
18-Feb-2003


Kidderminster Hospital is to receive a further £6m investment, having won government approval for a new orthopaedic theatre.
18-Feb-2003


Interactivity Group is to acquire L&P-MCC, the healthcare advisory firm, for £7.4m.
17-Feb-2003


Aberdeenshire Council is considering plans from Carlton Rock for the development of a £2.5m medical centre in Westhill.
14-Feb-2003


Merthyr Tydfil Council is to receive plans from North Glamorgan NHS Trust for the development of a new neighbourhood hospital.
11-Feb-2003


Rydon has been selected as preferred bidder for a £50m contract to build five mental health units in the Bristol area for Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.
06-Feb-2003


Bluestone has won a £5.7m contract from Apollo Capital Projects to build a health campus in Wells, Somerset.
05-Feb-2003


Mid-Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has received bids from the Consort and New Hospitals consortia for a £200m facilities management and refurbishment contract at hospitals in Wakefield and Pontefract.
05-Feb-2003


Eyebright is planning to open a chain of 25 eye cataract clinics across the country over the next five years, funded by a £2m share issue on the ShareMark dealing system.
03-Feb-2003


Wear Valley District Council is considering plans from Ladhar Group for the development of a private care home for the elderly in Bishop Auckland, which would create 80 jobs.
31-Jan-2003


Allerdale Council is to consider plans for the development of a new £10m hospital in Workington.
30-Jan-2003


Ipswich Hospital has announced proposals to build a £24m intensive care centre, including four theatres.
28-Jan-2003


Rochford District Council is to consider plans for the £22m transformation of part of Rochford Hospital into a new mental health unit.
27-Jan-2003


Penlon is to relocate its medical equipment manufacturing business to a new site at the Abingdon Science Park, and has also announced a £26m management buy-out backed by Kleinwort Capital.
24-Jan-2003


Northern Venture Managers has provided backing for a management buy-out at RBF Group, the Melbourn-based manufacturer of healthcare products, heat shields and seat covers with 20 staff.
22-Jan-2003


Vale Royal Borough Council is considering plans from Gehe for the development of a £1.7m primary care medical health centre and pharmacy in Northwich.
16-Jan-2003


Bouygues is set to win a £67m contract to build an emergency care unit at the Central Middlesex Hospital in London.
16-Jan-2003


Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust has awarded a £8m contract to Gleeson to build a four-ward unit at University Hospital Aintree near Liverpool.
16-Jan-2003


Try Construction has won a £9m contract from the Epsom & St Helier NHS Trust to extend the Epsom Hospital Orthopaedic Centre.
15-Jan-2003


Costain has won a £8m contract to refurbish the West Wing at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London.
15-Jan-2003


Aortech is to sell its commercial heart valve business to Kohler Chemie of Germany for £2.7m.
14-Jan-2003


Care UK has acquired Premiere Homecare, the London-based care provider, from Match Group for up to £2m.
10-Jan-2003


Jarvis has won a £97m contract to build and operate the UK's first PFI ambulatory care centre at the City Hospital in Birmingham.
10-Jan-2003


Aortech is looking to sell its commercial operations in order to focus on the development of a new polymer heart valve, and a significant number of the 130 jobs are expected to be lost.
07-Jan-2003


Ferraris has acquired Del Mar Medical, the US supplier of heart monitors, for £6.2m.
06-Jan-2003