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Cornwall County Council is to close five rehabilitation centres in Truro, Camborne, Bodmin, Torpoint and Newquay, in order to provide home-based services for people recovering from surgery. 21-Dec-2006 The Department of Health is to provide funding of £45m for the development of four new community hospitals in Bristol, Minehead, Gosport and Sunderland. 21-Dec-2006 The Ministry of Defence has appointed Jones Lang LaSalle to advise on a possible search for 100,000 sq ft of office and laboratory space in Birmingham for the Medical Defence Agency. 21-Dec-2006 Boots has agreed a deal with Bournemouth & Poole NHS Trust to set up the country's first high-street GP surgery in Poole, as part of a government initiative to make healthcare more accessible in local communities. 14-Dec-2006 The Department of Health has announced plans to invest £450m in the development of new Biomedical Research Centres in London, Oxford, Cambridge, Liverpool and Newcastle over the next five years. 13-Dec-2006 South Central Strategic Health Authority is expected to cut its staff from 250 to 123, following the merger of authorities from the Thames Valley, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. 08-Dec-2006 KidCare, the operator of nurseries across central Scotland with 75 staff, has gone into liquidation. 06-Dec-2006 Bradford & Airedale Teaching Primary Care Trust is planning to build a new £10m health centre in Bingley, in order to replace Bingley Hospital, Bingley Health Centre and three GP surgeries. 05-Dec-2006 Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust is to set up new mental care facilities in Neath-Port Talbot, Bridgend and the western Vale of Glamorgan by summer 2009, following a £30m award from the Welsh Assembly. 04-Dec-2006 The Blood & Transplant Authority is to shed 597 jobs in Birmingham, Brentwood, Cambridge, Lancaster, Leeds, Newcastle, Plymouth, Sheffield, Southampton and Tooting, in order to consolidate blood testing at sites in Bristol, Manchester and London by March 2009. 01-Dec-2006 Morriston Hospital is linking up with the universities of Cardiff and Swansea to set up a £10m burns research centre, including sites at its Centre for Burns & Plastic Surgery and at the Heath Park campus in Cardiff. 30-Nov-2006 Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has announced plans to spend up to £70m on the modernisation of buildings at Bradford Royal Infirmary and St Luke's Hospital over the next ten years. 29-Nov-2006 Gainford Care Homes is planning to expand its chain of eight North East care homes to 20 by 2010, and sites have been identified in Seaham, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea and Newton Aycliffe. 28-Nov-2006 North Cheshire NHS Trust is to shed 300 jobs at hospitals in Halton and Warrington by March 2008. 22-Nov-2006 Wirral Hospital NHS Trust is looking into the possibility of linking up with the private sector to build a new hospital for paying patients at the Clatterbridge hospital site. 22-Nov-2006 Essex Rivers NHS Healthcare Trust is to shed 63 jobs at its two hospitals in Colchester. 20-Nov-2006 The Scottish Executive has announced a £30m cash injection for the care home sector. 20-Nov-2006 MediSpa has raised £3m of private equity to fund the development of a nationwide chain of cosmetic surgery clinics, with eight new sites due to open by the end of 2008. 20-Nov-2006 Apax Partners and Nordic Capital are said to be looking to sell 21 of their recently-acquired Capio private hospitals in a £730m sale and leaseback deal. 20-Nov-2006 NHS London is to set up a 26,000 sq ft office at the Victoria Southside scheme in London. 20-Nov-2006 Tribal Group is considering plans for the £80m demerger of its Mercury Health division, which provides healthcare services to the NHS from a network of five treatment centres. 16-Nov-2006 Cheltenham General Hospital is planning to build a £13m extension, in order to house a new medical ward and intensive care unit. 15-Nov-2006 Bolton Council has secured a £7m government grant to build none children's centres in Bolton, and planning applications are expected over the next few months. 10-Nov-2006 UK Specialist Hospitals is to operate a further five NHS-funded Independent Sector Treatment Centres in the west of England, with sites planned in Devizes, South Gloucestershire, Bristol, Cirencester and Lydney. 09-Nov-2006 Stoke-on-Trent Primary Care Trust is planning to create a network of five mini-hospitals across the city, including new primary care centres at Longton Cottage Hospital, Haywood Hospital, Bentilee and two locations not yet identified. 09-Nov-2006 Essex County Council is planning to cut the number of home care staff from 600 to 230 early next year, in order to transfer the work to the private sector. 03-Nov-2006 NHS Tayside has reached agreement with Amicus Healthcare to set up Scotland's first private treatment centre for NHS patients at Stracathro in Angus, and the 24-bed unit will open within six weeks. 03-Nov-2006 Phab NI Independent Living is to close seven care centres in Northern Ireland with the loss of 40 jobs. 02-Nov-2006 Smith & Nephew is in merger discussions with Biomet of the US, which could lead to the creation of a combined orthopaedic products group worth up to £10bn. 02-Nov-2006 NHS Lanarkshire is planning to set up a new cancer treatment centre at Monklands Hospital in Airdrie. 31-Oct-2006 Tyco Healthcare is planning to shed 53 of the 383 jobs at its medical devices factory in Gosport by next February. 25-Oct-2006 University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust is to shed 90 jobs at hospitals in Kendal, Barrow and Lancaster. 24-Oct-2006 Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust is to shed up to 480 jobs at hospitals in Surrey over the next 18 months. 24-Oct-2006 MedicX Fund has announced a £80m fundraising and flotation on the main market to fund the expansion of its medical centres development business. 23-Oct-2006 Leicester City Primary Care Trust is to build a £13m health and social care centre in Spinney Hill Road by 2009. 20-Oct-2006 The National Assembly for Wales is to invest almost £300m in improvements to frontline hospital services in Wales over the next financial year. 19-Oct-2006 Coventry Teaching Primary Care Trust is planning to shed up to 90 jobs by the end of the year, including 50 clinical and 40 corporate jobs. 12-Oct-2006 Atos Origin is to set up a medical referrals call centre for the NHS in Crewe, with the creation of up to 70 jobs. 10-Oct-2006 UK Event Medical Services (UKEMS), the Sheffield-based provider of paramedic staff and ambulances to sporting and music events with 120 staff, is looking to expand across the country. 10-Oct-2006 Wrexham Council is planning to redevelop one of its two remaining care homes at a cost of £8m, in order to build 50 units for elderly residents on the Llys Madoc site. 09-Oct-2006 NHS Lanarkshire is planning to set up a new dental and primary care centre in Coatbridge by 2008, including a dental education hub for the West of Scotland. 09-Oct-2006 Southend Hospital is to seek planning permission for a £100m redevelopment programme, including a new £53m five-storey extension to the Cardigan wing. 02-Oct-2006 James Hull Associates, the chain of 35 dental practices, has put itself up for sale with a price tag of up to £50m. 02-Oct-2006 Deltex has raised £0.6m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its blood-flow monitoring business. 02-Oct-2006 Bath & North East Somerset Council is considering plans from Centres of Clinical Excellence to build a multi-million pound mini-hospital at Peasedown St John, which would provide non-emergency surgery and create 150 jobs. 29-Sep-2006 Winchester & Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust is planning to shed 300 jobs at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester by 2009. 28-Sep-2006 Transform Medical is planning to expand its chain of 22 cosmetic surgery centres into continental Europe, at a cost of £30m. 27-Sep-2006 South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust is planning to relocate the Thames Valley & Chilterns Air Ambulance Trust from White Waltham Airfield in Berkshire to RAF Benson in Oxfordshire. 26-Sep-2006 Worthing & Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust is to shed 80 jobs at hospitals in Shoreham and Worthing, as part of a strategy to save £10m over the next year. 22-Sep-2006 Suffolk Primary Care Trust is to set up its headquarters at Rushbrook House in Bramford early next year, and offices in Bury St Edmunds, Felixstowe and Ipswich will be vacated. 21-Sep-2006 NHS Tayside is to invest £9m in a new maternity unit at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, as well as new dialysis, haematology and oncology units at Perth Royal Infirmary. 18-Sep-2006 Hinchingbrooke Hospital is facing closure under plans announced by the East of England Strategic Health Authority to reduce its budget deficit. 15-Sep-2006 Essex University is said to be in discussions with Weigao Polymer Corporation, the Chinese medical products company, about plans to set up a European headquarters. 15-Sep-2006 East Elmbridge & Mid-Surrey Primary Care Trust has awarded a £20m a year contract for the supply of nursing services to Central Surrey Health, a new mutually-owned limited company set up by 700 nurses who have left the NHS. 14-Sep-2006 South Essex NHS Partnership Trust has unveiled plans for the £21m development of the new Rochford mental hospital by March 2008. 12-Sep-2006 Carlisle City Council is to consider plans from an unnamed private health company for the development of a £10m mental health unit for children at Brampton, which could create up to 120 jobs. 12-Sep-2006 The Blood & Transplant Authority is planning to shed up to 55 jobs at the Bio Products Laboratory in Elstree. 11-Sep-2006 Pembrokeshire & Derwen NHS Trust is to build a new £8.7m hospital unit with accident and emergency facilities at Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest. 07-Sep-2006 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is planning to outsource the typing work of its medical secretaries to India, with the loss of up to 60 jobs. 07-Sep-2006 Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust is considering plans to build a new cancer centre at Colchester General Hospital by 2009, in order to transfer the work from Essex County Hospital. 06-Sep-2006 Four Seasons Health Care is to close the North Wales Medical Centre at Llandudno with the loss of 70 jobs. 05-Sep-2006 DHL has won a £1.6bn contract for the purchase and delivery of supplies to the NHS, which will involve the transfer of about 1,650 staff from NHS Logistics and the NHS Purchasing & Supply Agency. 05-Sep-2006 Breckland District Council is to provide a headquarters building in Dereham for the new Norfolk primary care trust, which will house about 100 staff. 04-Sep-2006 North East Wales NHS Trust has won approval from the Welsh Assembly Government to build a new £11m hospital at Holywell in Flintshire by 2008, in order to replace the existing Holywell and Lluesty hospitals. 01-Sep-2006 Wiltshire County Council is planning to close five day care homes, casting doubt on the future of 150 jobs. 01-Sep-2006 Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust is planning to shed up to 100 jobs at Broomfield Hospital and St John's Hospital in Chelmsford, in order to meet a £14m budget deficit. 01-Sep-2006 Gloucestershire County Council is considering plans to spend £50m on residential care, including the development of 11 new care homes over the next seven years. 01-Sep-2006 The Ministry of Defence has selected the Whittington Barracks in Lichfield as the preferred location for a £80m medical accommodation project, in order to centralise 1,300 military and civilian personnel. 31-Aug-2006 Tunstall has secured a £0.6m investment from Yorkshire Forward to fund the commercial development of its Lifestyle Reassurance telecare solutions business. 30-Aug-2006 Rhondda Cynon Taff Council is to consider plans from Rightacres Property for the development of a £50m orthopaedic centre, three-star hotel and offices on an eight-acre site in Llantrisant. 28-Aug-2006 NHS Lothian has won approval from the Scottish Executive to build a new children's hospital in Edinburgh, and a number of potential sites are being considered. 25-Aug-2006 Lavis Medical Systems has ceased trading with the loss of 22 jobs at its hearing aids factory at Bradworthy in Devon. 25-Aug-2006 West Northamptonshire Development Corporation has approved plans from Northamptonshire Healthcare Trust to build a £35m hospital at the Pendered Centre in Duston, including a 135-bed mental health unit. 24-Aug-2006 Balfour Beatty has won contracts worth up to £180m to build two hospitals in Glasgow by 2009, including one at the Stobhill Hospital site and one at the Victoria Infirmary. 24-Aug-2006 North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust is to shed 41 jobs at the former Lancashire Ambulance Service call centre in Broughton. 23-Aug-2006 Suffolk County Council is to contract out the provision of day care services in 14 homes to the private sector, casting doubt on the future of up to 156 jobs. 21-Aug-2006 Derby Hospitals NHS Trust is said to be planning to shed more than 700 of the 7,000 jobs at hospitals in Derby over the next two years. 21-Aug-2006 The Department of Health has approved plans for the development of six new PFI hospitals in Leicester, Torbay, Tameside & Glossop, Salford, Walsall and North Staffordshire. 21-Aug-2006 Bedford Hospital NHS Trust is to shed up to 200 jobs at Bedford Hospital, due to a budget deficit. 18-Aug-2006 UK Specialist Hospitals has been selected to operate two new Independent Sector Treatment Centres due to open in Bristol in 2008, in partnership with the NHS. 18-Aug-2006 The Scottish Executive is to provide £8m to local authorities so they can use telecare technology to help up to 75,000 elderly people stay in their own homes. 16-Aug-2006 CareCapital Group has raised £1.5m in a flotation on Aim to fund the expansion of its healthcare property development business. 09-Aug-2006 Astek Group, the distributor of dental products, is planning a £4m flotation on Aim. 07-Aug-2006 Boots is in discussions with the NHS about the possibility of setting up GP surgeries and basic healthcare services in some of its larger stores, which will involve renting out space to local health authorities. 25-Jul-2006 Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust is to shed almost 100 jobs at hospitals in Ashford and Chertsey, in order to save £16m over the next two years. 20-Jul-2006 The National Assembly for Wales has agreed a deal with HBG UK, Interserve Health Wales and Laing O'Rourke to design and build new hospitals over the coming years. 20-Jul-2006 NHS Greater Glasgow has secured planning permission from Glasgow City Council to develop a new £100m day hospital to replace the Victoria Infirmary, and work will start this autumn. 14-Jul-2006 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has unveiled proposals to build a new women's hospital at the former Aconbury East site at Worcester. 10-Jul-2006 Northern Devon Healthcare Trust is to shed 60 jobs at North Devon Hospital in Barnstaple. 10-Jul-2006 The Blood & Transplant Authority is considering plans to sell or close its Bio Products Laboratory, as part of the modernisation of the blood transfusion service. 10-Jul-2006 Southend Council is to consider plans for the development of a £28m care village at Nazareth House in Westcliff, which would accommodate up to 170 elderly people. 07-Jul-2006 Teignbridge Primary Care Trust has selected Ryhurst to build a new £27m NHS community hospital with 60 beds in Newton Abbot by September 2008. 07-Jul-2006 The Department of Health has unveiled plans to invest £750m in community hospital schemes across the country over the next five years, in order to make it easier for patients to undergo blood tests and minor operations. 06-Jul-2006 The Department of Health is to award £25m to NHS ambulance trusts across England to invest in new control room technology and vehicles that will improve response times. 04-Jul-2006 Billericay, Brentwood & Wickford Primary Care Trust has awarded a contract to Kajima Partnerships to start work on the £29m rebuild of Brentwood Community Hospital by summer 2008. 04-Jul-2006 South Warwickshire Primary Care Trust is to build a new £3m hospital with 24 beds and a day care centre in Alcester. 30-Jun-2006 East & North Herts NHS Trust is planning to shed up to 500 jobs at the Lister and other hospitals in Hertfordshire. 29-Jun-2006 United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has announced plans to shed 317 jobs, in order to reduce a £15m deficit. 28-Jun-2006 The Department of Health is considering plans to significantly expand the role of the private sector in the provision of pathology services and blood tests to the NHS. 21-Jun-2006 The Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading is planning to shed 140 jobs this year. 19-Jun-2006 The Scottish Executive has approved plans to close the Sister Margaret Cottage Hospital in Jedburgh and the Coldstream Cottage Hospital. 15-Jun-2006 The Royal Veterinary College in Edinburgh has announced plans to invest £40m in new teaching and research facilities. 14-Jun-2006 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is drawing up plans to develop a new £2.5m radiotherapy unit. 14-Jun-2006 Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon is planning to shed up to 200 jobs, in order to reduce a £6.5m deficit. 13-Jun-2006 Straumann, the dental implants company, is setting up a 16,400 sq ft office at the Pegasus Place scheme in Crawley. 12-Jun-2006 Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is to shed more than 1,000 jobs at hospitals in Wakefield, Castleford, Dewsbury and Pontefract. 12-Jun-2006 Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust is planning to build a new £12m diabetes centre at Heartlands hospital in Birmingham. 08-Jun-2006 Congleton Borough Council has approved plans from Central Cheshire PCT for the development of a £6m health centre in Alsager to replace the Cedars Medical Centre and Alsager Clinic. 08-Jun-2006 Southern Cross Healthcare is planning to raise £275m in a flotation to fund the expansion of its chain of 578 care homes. 05-Jun-2006 Sphere Medical has raised £6.2m to fund the expansion of its Cambridge-based medical diagnostics business. 05-Jun-2006 The London Clinic has confirmed plans to set up a £50m cancer treatment centre in Devonshire Place by 2009. 05-Jun-2006 Hafod Care has awarded a contract to Stradform for the £10m transformation of the Brocastle Estate in Bridgend into a care home with 78 beds by September 2007. 01-Jun-2006 Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is to shed 300 jobs at hospitals in Maidstone, Pembury and Tunbridge Wells, which will mainly affect agency staff. 01-Jun-2006 Wirral Hospital Trust is to shed up to 75 jobs at Arrowe Park, Clatterbridge and Victoria Central hospitals, in order to save £5m. 30-May-2006 Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals is to shed 600 of the 10,000 jobs at its four hospitals. 29-May-2006 St George's Hospital Trust is to shed up to 150 jobs at its hospital in Tooting. 26-May-2006 Care UK has won a contract from Barking & Dagenham Primary Care Trust to operate a 7,000-patient GP practice, and similar contracts are expected to follow throughout the country. 25-May-2006 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn is to shed 145 jobs, in order to reduce its £11m deficit. 23-May-2006 The Department of Health is to invest £100m in the modernisation of NHS dental practices over the next two years. 19-May-2006 Joint Replacement Instrumentation, the orthopaedics company, is relocating its Sheffield-based factory, laboratory and office from the city centre to the 35A Business Park near the M1. 19-May-2006 NHS Forth Valley has announced plans to build a new £300m hospital in Larbert in partnership with the Equion consortium, in order to replace Falkirk and Stirling Royal Infirmaries. 18-May-2006 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is planning to shed 1,200 jobs at the Nottingham City Hospital and the Queen's Medical Centre. 17-May-2006 National Blood Service is to shed some of the 70 jobs at its site in Plymouth, in order to transfer work to a new regional centre in Bristol. 17-May-2006 NHS Direct is planning to shed 789 jobs and close 12 of its smaller call centres, although 376 new jobs will be created at its larger sites. 17-May-2006 Independent Home Living is to create up to 30 jobs at its new homecare and support services office in York over the next year. 16-May-2006 Southport & Ormskirk NHS Trust is to shed at least 200 jobs at hospitals in Southport and Ormskirk. 15-May-2006 Cannock Chase Council has approved plans for the development of a multi-million pound health centre in Norton Canes. 15-May-2006 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is planning to shed 430 jobs, as part of a strategy to save £84m over the next three years. 15-May-2006 Hereford Hospitals Trust is planning to build a new £3.4m cancer centre at the County Hospital in Hereford. 11-May-2006 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is planning to close four community hospitals and shed up to 500 jobs. 11-May-2006 Fylde Primary Care Trust is planning to demolish Lytham Hospital and build a new multi-million pound primary care centre on the site. 11-May-2006 Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is planning to shed up to 800 jobs at North Manchester General, Royal Oldham, Rochdale Infirmary and the Fairfield General Hospital in Bury. 08-May-2006 Swindon & Marlborough NHS Trust is to shed 100 jobs at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon. 08-May-2006 Birmingham Women's Healthcare NHS Trust is to shed 90 of the 1,500 jobs at its hospital in Birmingham, in order to make savings of £1.5m. 05-May-2006 Royal West Sussex NHS Trust is planning to shed 200 jobs at St Richard's Hospital in Chichester over the next two years. 05-May-2006 Barking, Havering & Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust is to shed 650 jobs at its four hospitals in east London. 02-May-2006 Integrated Dental Holdings, the Bolton-based chain of 130 dental practices, has sold a stake to Legal & General Ventures, who will set up a new company to control the business. 02-May-2006 Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust Board is planning to shed 105 jobs, in order to save £16m. 28-Apr-2006 The Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital is planning to shed up to 500 jobs from its 5,000-strong workforce, due to a £22m budget deficit. 27-Apr-2006 East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust is planning to shed up to 250 jobs at the Conquest Hospital in Hastings and the Eastbourne District General Hospital. 26-Apr-2006 Mersey Care NHS Trust has secured planning permission from Liverpool City Council for a new £40m mental health hospital in Long Lane, Wavertree. 26-Apr-2006 Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust is to close Walton hospital by the end of the year, in order to transfer outpatient and surgery clinics to Fazakerley. 20-Apr-2006 Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is planning to shed 800 jobs at City Hospital in Birmingham and Sandwell General Hospital in West Bromwich. 18-Apr-2006 Sheffield Children's Hospital Trust is to shed 150 jobs, in order to reduce costs by £9m. 18-Apr-2006 Corby Council is to consider plans from the Northamptonshire Heartlands PCT for the £33m expansion of the Willowbrook Health Complex, which will increase the number of beds from 20 to 60. 18-Apr-2006 Just Learning, the chain of 70 children's nurseries valued at about £80m, is to be put up for sale. 18-Apr-2006 Tracscare is planning to open new care homes in Northampton, Barry, Llanelli and Swansea. 13-Apr-2006 The Department of Health has announced a £1bn PFI package for new hospitals, including a general hospital with 821 beds at Whiston on Merseyside and a diagnostic treatment centre in St Helens. 13-Apr-2006 West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust is to shed up to 500 jobs at hospitals in St Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Watford and Northwood over the next 18 months. 13-Apr-2006 University College London Hospital is forming a joint venture with Hospital Corporation of America to operate a specialist cancer centre at the UCLH tower on Euston Road. 13-Apr-2006 NHS Highland has announced proposals to build a £10m day hospital at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, in order to reduce the waiting lists for non-emergency surgery. 11-Apr-2006 Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust is to shed 100 jobs at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead. 10-Apr-2006 Selby & York Primary Care Trust is to shed 200 jobs at York Hospital by not filling vacant positions over the next year. 10-Apr-2006 Senad, the chain of 11 special needs schools and care homes valued at about £120m, has been put up for sale by Sovereign Capital. 10-Apr-2006 BUPA Care Homes is planning to close the Belmont Grange and Mary Mount nursing homes in Liverpool over the next three months. 07-Apr-2006 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is to shed 720 of the 4,500 jobs at its three hospitals in Worcester, Redditch and Kidderminster. 07-Apr-2006 The Royal United Hospital NHS Trust is planning to shed up to 300 jobs in Bath, in order to make savings of £13m. 06-Apr-2006 Surrey & Sussex NHS Trust is to shed 400 jobs at Crawley Hospital and East Surrey Hospital. 05-Apr-2006 Medway NHS Trust is to shed up to 160 jobs at the Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham. 05-Apr-2006 NHS Direct is to announce plans for a restructuring next month, prompting speculation that up to 1,000 jobs could be at risk in its 54 call centres. 04-Apr-2006 NHS Scotland is to set up a distribution centre at Canderside Toll near Larkhall, with the creation of 240 warehouse, administration and driving jobs. 04-Apr-2006 Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust is to shed 150 jobs at hospitals in Cannock and Stafford, in order to save £10m next year. 31-Mar-2006 Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust is planning to shed 325 of the 5,000 jobs in its hospitals, as part of a plan to save more than £10m over the next year. 30-Mar-2006 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust in Woolwich is planning to shed up to 100 jobs, in order to save £10m this year. 30-Mar-2006 Lancashire Mental Health & Social Care Partnership Board is planning to close 15 mental health care units and replace them with three purpose-built hospitals, at a cost of £100m. 30-Mar-2006 Plymouth City Council is to consider plans from the Plymouth Primary Care Trust for the development of a £4m mental health unit at the Plymouth International Business Park by October 2007. 29-Mar-2006 County Durham & Darlington Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is planning to shed up to 700 jobs from its 6,000-strong workforce over the next three years. 27-Mar-2006 Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is planning to shed about 300 jobs at the New Cross Hospital, due to a £38m deficit. 23-Mar-2006 The Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, London, is planning to shed 480 jobs, in order to reduce costs by £25m over the next year. 23-Mar-2006 Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup, Kent, is considering plans to shed 190 jobs, in order to reduce a £13m deficit. 23-Mar-2006 Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust is planning to shed up to 200 jobs at Derriford Hospital, due to a £22m budget deficit. 22-Mar-2006 The University Hospital of North Staffordshire in Stoke-on-Trent is considering plans to shed up to 1,000 jobs from its 7,000-strong workforce. 20-Mar-2006 North Devon Primary Care Trust is considering plans to rebuild its community hospital in Torrington at a new site, in partnership with the private sector. 20-Mar-2006 The Medical Research Council is to set up a 26,000 sq ft office for 80 staff at North Star House in Swindon. 17-Mar-2006 East Cambridgeshire & Fenland Primary Care Trust is to seek a suitable site in the Wisbech area for the development of a new £33m hospital. 16-Mar-2006 Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust is said to be planning to shed up to 200 jobs at the Leighton Hospital in Crewe. 16-Mar-2006 Northwest Science has awarded research grants totalling £5m, including £1.5m to the University of Manchester for a tissue regeneration centre and £1.5m for embryonic stem cell research at the Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust. 15-Mar-2006 NHS Greater Glasgow has selected the Southern General as the proposed site for a new £100m children's hospital, which will involve the transfer of services from Yorkhill by 2010. 15-Mar-2006 Tyco Healthcare is to shed 30 of the 270 jobs at its medical equipment factory in Ballymoney. 14-Mar-2006 BDO Stoy Hayward is to close the private King Edward VII Hospital in Midhurst, which has been in voluntary liquidation since 2002, with the loss of 239 jobs. 13-Mar-2006 Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust is in talks with private companies interested in operating the new Independent Sector Treatment Centre due to open at the Royal South Hants Hospital in 2007. 13-Mar-2006 Royal Bank of Scotland has acquired 294 nursing homes from Southern Cross, in a sale and leaseback arrangement. 13-Mar-2006 Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust is planning to shed up to 300 jobs at the Royal Cornwall hospital in Truro and acute hospitals in Hayle and Penzance. 09-Mar-2006 Greenwood Ellis & Partners has secured planning permission to build a hospital for horses in Newmarket by the end of next year, employing about 23 vets and 34 support staff. 06-Mar-2006 South Cambridgeshire District Council is considering plans from Partnerships in Care for the development of two new 16-bed secure wards and a rehabilitation unit at Kneesworth House mental hospital. 02-Mar-2006 Hyndburn Borough Council has approved plans from Hyndburn & Ribble Valley Primary Care Trust for the development of a multi-million pound health centre in Accrington. 22-Feb-2006 Torbay Care Trust is to close half of Paignton Hospital with the loss of up to 40 jobs. 21-Feb-2006 Stroud District Council has approved plans from Ivybank for the development of a new care home at the former Lister-Petter site in Dursley, which will create 95 jobs. 20-Feb-2006 The North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is to set up a £1m dental education centre at the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle. 17-Feb-2006 The Department of Health has announced details for the allocation of £2bn of capital investment for the next financial year, in order to acquire and modernise land, buildings and equipment at NHS sites across the country. 17-Feb-2006 Scottish SPCA, the animal welfare charity, is to invest £3m in the modernisation of its care centres and the development of a new site in Fife. 15-Feb-2006 Sainsbury's is in discussions with the Department of Health about plans to open GP surgeries in supermarkets. 13-Feb-2006 LifeScan and parent company Johnson & Johnson are planning to expand their medical equipment operations in Livingston and Inverness, with the creation of up to 150 new jobs. 09-Feb-2006 Alliance Medical, the MRI scanning company, has appointed NM Rothschild to conduct a strategic review of the business, which could lead to a £500m sale. 08-Feb-2006 General Healthcare, the operator of 49 private hospitals, is said to be looking into the possibility of a £2bn sale of the business. 08-Feb-2006 East & North Hertfordshire NHS Trust has acquired a 38-acre site in Hatfield to build a new hospital by 2013, in order to replace services currently provided by the QEII hospital in Welwyn Garden City. 02-Feb-2006 West Northamptonshire Development Corporation is helping to identify suitable sites around Northampton for a new £800m hospital to replace Northampton General. 27-Jan-2006 Days Healthcare UK, the manufacturer of rehabilitation and mobility aids, is to relocate its European headquarters to a larger site at the Bridgend Industrial Estate, securing the future of 108 jobs. 26-Jan-2006 The Department of Health has announced plans for the £270m development of about 60 new GP surgeries, health centres and clinics across the country in 2006, under the NHS LIFT programme. 24-Jan-2006 Primary Care UK is looking to create a further 20 jobs over the next 12 months, following on from last year's Essex County Council contract to provide services to people with learning disabilities. 20-Jan-2006 North East Lincolnshire Council is to consider plans from Exemplar Health Care to build two care homes for people with neurologically-degenerative disorders in Immingham, which would create about 150 jobs. 20-Jan-2006 NHS Grampian has submitted plans for the £7m upgrade of Chalmers Hospital in Banff, and hopes to start work later this year. 19-Jan-2006 Hull & East Yorkshire NHS Trust is to shed about 300 of the 6,800 jobs at its three main hospitals by not replacing staff when they leave, in order to make savings of £13m. 16-Jan-2006 Optos, the Dunfermline-based supplier of eye scanners, is looking to raise £30m in a flotation. 16-Jan-2006 Renfrewshire Council has approved plans from NHS Argyll & Clyde for the development of a £7m 3-bed secure mental health unit at Dykebar Hospital in Paisley. 12-Jan-2006 UnitedHealth Europe is to take over two GP practices in Derbyshire, the first of a number of large companies expected to move into the market for primary and community care. 12-Jan-2006 Birmingham City Council has awarded a £4m contract to Wates to build four homes for the elderly by autumn 2007. 11-Jan-2006 Suffolk County Council is planning to shed about 112 jobs, in an attempt to reduce costs by £24m, with Adult Care and Community Services being hardest hit. 09-Jan-2006 Four Seasons Health Care is considering plans for a £1bn refinancing of its business, which is expected to involve the sale and leaseback of some of its 440 nursing homes. 09-Jan-2006 Swansea Health Board is planning to invest £20m in improvements to the city's 45 doctors' surgeries, including the expansion of some sites and the closure of others over the next ten years. 03-Jan-2006 Southern Cross is considering plans for a £1bn flotation, in order to enable parent company Blackstone to raise funds for the expansion of its chain of nursing homes. 03-Jan-2006 The information below comes from the UK Activity Report. 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