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Simplyhealth is to acquire Denplan, the Winchester-based dental insurance firm with 320 staff, from AXA for £115m.
29-Dec-2011


Home Instead is looking to expand the 65-strong workforce at its York-based care services operation with 30 new jobs.
29-Dec-2011


Scapa Group has acquired the business and assets of WEBTEC Converting, the US manufacturer of adhesive-backed medical devices, for an initial £19m.
22-Dec-2011


Lincoln County Hospital is to invest £4.3m in the expansion of its heart unit.
19-Dec-2011


Caremark is planning to recruit 50 more staff at its home care service in the Tees Valley over the next 18 months.
19-Dec-2011


Genix Healthcare is planning to recruit 100 apprentices to work in its nationwide network of 22 dental practices over the next 18 months.
19-Dec-2011


Hunters Moor Neurorehabilitation is planning to open a £2m treatment centre in Portsmouth in October 2012, with the creation of 40 jobs.
19-Dec-2011


The Children's Hospital for Wales in Cardiff has secured funding to proceed with the £64m second phase of its development, which is due for completion in 2015.
13-Dec-2011


Owen Mumford has won permission to build a new medical equipment manufacturing unit at its site in Chipping Norton.
13-Dec-2011


Biomet is to create 80 jobs at its orthopaedic devices factory in Bridgend, but up to 220 could be lost with the closure of production at its Swindon site over the next two years.
08-Dec-2011


Helping Hands Homecare is expanding its care service with a new office in Redditch and the creation of 80 jobs over the next six months.
07-Dec-2011


Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton is to invest £34m in the development of three new wards by 2013.
07-Dec-2011


Medical Protection Society is reported to be planning to set up a new headquarters at a 63,000 sq ft property at Victoria Place in Leeds.
05-Dec-2011


Advanced Medical Solutions is to acquire Resorba, the German woundcare firm, for £55m.
05-Dec-2011


Labco is to create ten jobs at a new medical supplies operation at Pont Steffan Business Park in Lampeter early next year.
01-Dec-2011


City & County Healthcare Group has acquired Springbank Community Care, the Staffordshire-based home care business with about 100 staff.
30-Nov-2011


Colten Care is to create up to 180 jobs at two new dementia care homes being built in Winchester and Lymington.
28-Nov-2011


Sheffield Children's Hospital has unveiled plans to invest up to £30m in the development of a new wing by 2015.
24-Nov-2011


Bupa is seeking a suitable location in Manchester for a new 140,000 sq ft office.
23-Nov-2011


Goodman Group of the US is looking to invest up to £500m in the expansion of its senior living business into the UK market, and is seeking sites of up to four acres in the South East.
22-Nov-2011


Lloydspharmacy is to open its second Health Village at Thurrock in Essex, including a private dental clinic and spa.
22-Nov-2011


Avenue Care Services is looking to create more than 100 jobs at its new Fife-based care-at-home service.
22-Nov-2011


Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust has secured outline planning permission to build a five-storey dental hospital at the Pebble Mill site in Birmingham.
21-Nov-2011


Radis Community Care is planning to create a further 30 jobs at its new care services operation in Welshpool.
08-Nov-2011


Signature Senior Lifestyle has submitted plans to Kingston Council to open a new care home in New Malden in 2014, with the creation of 90 jobs.
08-Nov-2011


Salts Healthcare has acquired Healthlink, the Shoreham-based dispensing appliance contractor, for undisclosed terms.
08-Nov-2011


Profound Services has acquired Northern Care Training, the South Shields-based assessment centre and training firm, and is now seeking two further acquisitions to expand its workforce from 45 to 120.
07-Nov-2011


Oxford Instruments has acquired Platinum Medical Imaging, the US supplier of medical imaging parts with 33 staff, for an initial £11m.
07-Nov-2011


Royal Brompton Hospital is looking into the possibility of relocating its 1,600 staff to a new site in West London, having appointed Savills to consider the options for its existing site in Chelsea.
03-Nov-2011


Mersey Care has won government approval to invest £48m in the development of two mental health hospitals in Liverpool by 2013.
02-Nov-2011


Safehands Group, the Blackpool-based care services firm with 250 staff, has been acquired by Simon Rigby for undisclosed terms.
02-Nov-2011


Blue Brick Healthcare is seeking permission to build a £5.5m care centre in Newark, with the creation of 70 jobs.
27-Oct-2011


Right at Home is looking to create up to 50 jobs at its new home care service in Sutton, Greater London.
26-Oct-2011


Doctors Laboratory is reported to be considering plans to relocate the London headquarters of its pathology services business to a 100,000 sq ft facility being developed at 132-142 Hampstead Road.
24-Oct-2011


Balhousie Care Group is to relocate its head office and 27 staff from Forfar to Perth, and is also expanding its chain of 22 care homes with new sites in Dundee, Arbroath and Huntly.
24-Oct-2011


Caremark is creating up to 50 new jobs at its home care service in Cheshire West and Chester.
24-Oct-2011


Pall Newquay is to invest £5m in the expansion of its medical products factory in Cornwall, with the creation of about 60 jobs.
19-Oct-2011


Banana Moon Day Nurseries of Warwick is looking to create a nationwide chain of up to 100 franchised children's nurseries.
18-Oct-2011


Patient First is to create 25 new jobs at its Shrewsbury-based ambulance transport service.
17-Oct-2011


Pendine Park has submitted plans to develop a new £5m dementia and nursing centre in Caernarfon, with the creation of 100 jobs.
13-Oct-2011


Optos of Dunfermline has acquired the eye testing instrumentation division of US-based Opko Health for £11m.
13-Oct-2011


August Equity has moved into the veterinary market by merging Advanced Vetcare with the Rowe chain of four Bristol-based surgeries.
11-Oct-2011


Restful Homes Group and Aspen Extra Care Living have unveiled plans for a new care home in Evesham, with the creation of up to 100 jobs.
10-Oct-2011


Practice Plan has expanded its dental membership plans business with the acquisition of Glasgow-based Isoplan and Irvine-based Medenta for undisclosed terms.
06-Oct-2011


Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust has won approval from Northumberland County Council to build a £75m emergency care hospital in Cramlington by 2014.
05-Oct-2011


The RSPCA is planning to build a 42,000 sq ft flagship animal hospital and rescue centre at Frankley near Birmingham.
05-Oct-2011


Touch Bionics has raised £2.5m to fund the expansion of the sales team at its Livingston-based prosthetic limbs business.
04-Oct-2011


English Care Villages has unveiled proposals to set up a new dementia care unit in Kenilworth, with the creation of 100 jobs.
03-Oct-2011


Orchard Care Homes of Leeds is to become the operator of 29 former Southern Cross care homes.
03-Oct-2011


Willmott Dixon has been selected as preferred bidder for a £38m contract to build five care homes in Warwickshire for Housing 21 by 2014.
29-Sep-2011


Care UK is to create 80 jobs at a new care home due to open on Redford Road in Edinburgh in spring 2013.
29-Sep-2011


Tunstall Healthcare is to acquire American Medical Alert Corp, in order to expand its remote health monitoring operations in the US.
28-Sep-2011


Bondcare is to submit plans to build a new care home at a former pottery site in Tunstall by 2013, with the creation of up to 150 jobs.
27-Sep-2011


HC One is to create at least 100 new jobs as it prepares to take over 249 care homes currently operated by Darlington-based Southern Cross.
22-Sep-2011


Circle is planning to build a new £70m hospital at Didsbury Point in Manchester by 2013.
20-Sep-2011


Ark Home Healthcare has acquired the Anchor Trust home care business with the transfer of 200 staff in Leeds, Wakefield and Halifax, and is now looking to create 150 new jobs.
20-Sep-2011


Royal Blackburn Hospital is to build a new £3m accident and emergency unit by summer 2012.
20-Sep-2011


Maria Mallaband Care Group has acquired 35 former Southern Cross care homes, and plans to grow its newly-formed Countrywide Care Homes division to 70 sites over the next five years.
19-Sep-2011


New Care Horizons is planning to build a £50m care village in Weymouth, with the creation of 200 jobs.
19-Sep-2011


York Heritage has submitted plans to build a care village at Barmby Moor in East Yorkshire, with the creation of up to 180 jobs.
19-Sep-2011


Assura Group has acquired a new £3.5m health centre developed by Ashley House in Stanwell, Surrey, and is also developing a further 20 projects across the country.
15-Sep-2011


Care & Share Associates is planning to create 50 jobs at its new care services office in Leeds by the end of the year.
14-Sep-2011


Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council has approved plans to build the new £25m QEII hospital in Welwyn Garden City by 2014.
13-Sep-2011


Sevacare is to recruit up to 150 staff to work on a new contract to provide local authority care services in Bolton.
12-Sep-2011


Optima Care has secured funding to expand its specialist health and social care service with new sites in Kent and the East Midlands.
12-Sep-2011


Smilepod has raised £1.2m to fund the expansion of its London-based chain of three dental hygiene outlets with four new sites a year.
08-Sep-2011


Capita Group has acquired Insurance Medical Group, the Durham-based medical reporting and physiotherapy company with 70 staff, for undisclosed terms.
08-Sep-2011


Advanced Childcare has acquired Clifford House, the Herefordshire-based operator of 13 children's homes with 120 staff, for £10m.
06-Sep-2011


Lifeways Community Care has acquired SLC Group, the Lancashire-based community support services business, from ISIS Equity Partners for undisclosed terms.
05-Sep-2011


Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust has unveiled plans to invest £28m in the expansion of Southampton General Hospital, including a new emergency department.
05-Sep-2011


Carefound is to create up to 40 jobs at its home care services business in Harrogate over the next two years.
01-Sep-2011


Spire Healthcare has acquired Lifescan, the Kent-based provider of computerised tomography scans, for £1.4m.
31-Aug-2011


Home Instead Senior Care is to create about 40 jobs at its at-home care services business in Crewe this year.
25-Aug-2011


The Department of Health is to invest £800m in medical research through NHS and university partnerships managed by the National Institute for Health Research, including four new Biomedical Research Units.
18-Aug-2011


Pathway Care, the foster care agency, has been acquired by Fostering Solutions, part of Acorn Care & Education Group, for undisclosed terms.
18-Aug-2011


Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley is to recruit 135 additional nursing staff over the next year, as part of a £2m investment.
16-Aug-2011


Western Health & Social Care Trust has secured funding worth £75m to build a new hospital in Omagh by 2016.
15-Aug-2011


Whickham Villa is planning to set up a neurological trauma rehabilitation centre on Teesside by 2013, with the creation of 120 jobs.
15-Aug-2011


Fishawack Communications has acquired Phocus Services, the Swiss medical communications firm, and its US subsidiary.
15-Aug-2011


Lister Hospital in Stevenage is to undergo a £72m expansion project, including a new casualty department and operating theatre.
15-Aug-2011


HCA International has acquired Rood Lane Medical, the London-based private primary care firm, for undisclosed terms.
04-Aug-2011


Hair Solved of Manchester is planning to set up a nationwide network of non-surgical hair replacement studios, having just opened the fourth in Belfast.
04-Aug-2011


Simplyhealth is to acquire the Groupama Healthcare insurance business in the UK from Groupama Insurances of France.
04-Aug-2011


Mears has acquired the Supported Living division of Choices, the provider of social care services in Scotland and the North, for £7.4m.
04-Aug-2011


ExtraCare Charitable Trust has unveiled plans to build a £43m retirement village at Acocks Green in Birmingham by 2015, with the creation of 400 jobs.
03-Aug-2011


Castleoak has raised £50m from investors and bank debt funding to develop care homes in partnership with Bridges Ventures.
02-Aug-2011


The Scott Partnership has acquired Kapler Communications, the Bedfordshire-based life sciences PR firm, for undisclosed terms.
02-Aug-2011


Allied Healthcare is to be acquired by private equity firm Acromas for £107m, and its chain of 100 care branches will be merged with Nestor Healthcare.
01-Aug-2011


WFCA has acquired Williams Blake Reay, the Tunbridge Wells-based healthcare advertising agency, for up to £0.5m.
01-Aug-2011


Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust has unveiled proposals to build a new £370m hospital in Smethwick by 2016.
27-Jul-2011


Arthritis Research UK is to fund the development of a new £3m National Centre for Arthritis from Sports and Exercise, but the location has not yet been decided.
27-Jul-2011


NHS North West and Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust have selected Citybranch to build a new £10m hospital in Altrincham town centre by 2014.
26-Jul-2011


General Medical Clinics has bought Medicentres (UK), the London-based operator or primary medical care centres, out of administration for £0.7m.
26-Jul-2011


Scarborough Borough Council has approved plans from Henson Healthcare to build a new £3m care home in Whitby, with the creation of 40 jobs.
26-Jul-2011


Medacs Healthcare is creating an unspecified number of jobs at its new 10,000 sq ft healthcare staffing and services office at Belle Vue Mills in Skipton.
26-Jul-2011


Medicina, the Bolton-based medical supplies firm with 19 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
25-Jul-2011


Technology in Motion, the Manchester-based orthopaedic products supplier, has undergone a management buy-out from Ossur of Iceland, and is now planning to create franchises across the country.
25-Jul-2011


Integrated Dental Holdings is to relocate its head office from Kearsley to an 18,000 sq ft building at Europa Park in Bolton.
19-Jul-2011


St Andrew's Healthcare has won approval from the West Northamptonshire Development Corporation to build a £50m mental health centre in Northampton.
18-Jul-2011


Chime Communications has acquired Reynolds-MacKenzie, the London-based healthcare PR firm, for an initial £2.6m.
13-Jul-2011


NHS Dumfries & Galloway has secured Scottish Government funding to build a £6m medical centre in Dumfries by autumn 2012.
12-Jul-2011


Kirklees Council is expecting more than 100 new jobs to be created through the privatisation of care services for vulnerable adults by the end of next year.
12-Jul-2011


Optilase is creating 50 jobs at a new £5m eye clinic opening in Belfast this month.
12-Jul-2011


Priory Care Homes is to create up to 60 jobs at a new nursing home due to open in Foster Road, Coventry, later this year.
06-Jul-2011


Independent Living Services is recruiting 50 additional staff to provide care at home services to Edinburgh City Council.
05-Jul-2011


Newcastle Home Care Associates is looking to recruit about ten new staff a month for its Tyneside-based care services business.
29-Jun-2011


Gingerbread Pre-Schools of Liverpool is planning to develop a chain of up to ten nurseries over the next five years, with the creation of about 200 jobs.
29-Jun-2011


Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has acquired the Midlands Treatment Centre in Burton for £2.5m, with the transfer of 100 staff.
27-Jun-2011


Arjo Med is to acquire a 40,000 sq ft unit for its medical equipment business at the Houghton Horn office park in Dunstable.
22-Jun-2011


Neuro Partners is planning to create a further 100 jobs at its home rehabilitation and support services business in the North East over the next two years, and may open a new office in Liverpool or Manchester.
21-Jun-2011


City of York Council is to consider plans from the Minster Veterinary Practice to build a hospital and training centre for horses at Askham Bryan College, with the creation of 20 jobs.
16-Jun-2011


Mansell has won a £12m contract to build three welfare centres in Ashford, Swale and Thanet for Kent County Council and the NHS by 2012.
16-Jun-2011


Nottingham Rehab Supplies is to set up a new 12,000 sq ft headquarters for its living aids business and 22 staff at the Melton Business Park in Hull.
15-Jun-2011


Dexela, the London-based medical imaging firm, has been acquired by PerkinElmer of the US.
14-Jun-2011


Colchester General Hospital is to set up a new £25m radiotherapy centre by 2016.
09-Jun-2011


HICA is looking to expand its Hull-based care homes and homecare business to new parts of the country, with the creation of 2,000 jobs over the next five years.
08-Jun-2011


Caremark is planning to create about 200 new jobs at its care services business in South Cheshire and North Staffordshire over the next year.
06-Jun-2011


Shropshire Council has approved plans from Coverage Care to build a new care home in Oswestry by 2013, with the creation of 50 jobs.
01-Jun-2011


East Midlands Ambulance Service is planning to recruit a further 30 paramedics, but up to 50 management and support jobs could be cut.
01-Jun-2011


Care & Share Associates of Sunderland is planning to open up to six homecare support centres across the country over the next three years, with the creation of up to 300 jobs.
31-May-2011


Capita Group has acquired Team24, the Surrey-based healthcare recruitment firm with 80 staff, for £24m.
31-May-2011


Ultralase is planning to open new consultation clinics in Brighton, Norwich and Plymouth, and a new intraocular lens surgery centre in Liverpool could be followed by six more.
26-May-2011


Middleton Hall is planning to invest £8m in the expansion of its retirement village near Darlington, with the creation of 45 jobs.
26-May-2011


South Lanarkshire Council has approved plans from Balmer Developments to build a new 99-room care home in Uddingston.
25-May-2011


Hyde Lea Nursing is investing £2m in the expansion of the Manor House nursing home in Stafford, with the creation of 35 jobs.
24-May-2011


Serco is to create up to 75 jobs for housekeeping, catering and security staff at the new Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Stirling.
23-May-2011


Wassenburg Medical Devices is to relocate from Rotherham to an 8,000 sq ft office at Smithy Wood in Sheffield.
19-May-2011


Dentist Direct is to create 70 jobs at its headquarters in County Durham to support the creation of 100 dental practices in the North East over the next five years.
17-May-2011


Dame Hannah Rogers Trust has submitted plans for the multi-million pound expansion of the Seale-Hayne campus near Newton Abbot, including new facilities for respite care, therapy and leisure.
16-May-2011


Independent Living Services is to create up to 70 jobs to work on a new care at home contract for North Ayrshire Council.
16-May-2011


Premex Group, the Bolton-based provider of medical reporting services with 300 staff, has been acquired by ExamWorks of the US for £66m.
12-May-2011


Church & Dwight is to invest £2.1m in the introduction of new technology at its dental and cosmetic products factory in Folkestone by the end of the year.
12-May-2011


Newcastle Borough Council is to consider plans from Ideal Care Homes to build a 62-bed care home at Chesterton in Staffordshire, with the creation of 42 jobs.
10-May-2011


The University of Leicester has unveiled plans to build a new £30m medical school by 2013.
10-May-2011


The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) is investing £22m in the refurbishment of its 100,000 sq ft headquarters at 30 Euston Square in London, in order to improve facilities for 350 staff.
04-May-2011


NHS South Central is planning to recruit more than 300 medical workers to train as health visitors to support local children.
27-Apr-2011


Staffordshire Community Care is looking to create up to 30 jobs at its new private care agency in Stoke-on-Trent.
27-Apr-2011


Save the Children International is to relocate its London office from Hammersmith to a 15,000 sq ft unit at St Vincent House on Orange Street.
26-Apr-2011


Lombard Medical has announced a £27m share placing that will fund the expansion of its Culzean medical devices factory in Prestwick.
26-Apr-2011


UK Independent Medical Services is relocating from Durham to a larger office at Rainton Bridge, and hopes to expand the 80-strong workforce to 150 over the next few years.
26-Apr-2011


Manchester Cancer Research Centre has unveiled proposals to build a new cancer research facility in Withington, with the creation of at least 150 jobs.
21-Apr-2011


Spire Healthcare is to create more than 100 jobs at a new £25m private hospital due to open in Hove in summer 2012.
18-Apr-2011


Northridge Care is planning to open short-break holiday centres for people with disabilities in Whitley Bay, Alnwick, Durham and Gateshead, with the creation of 200 jobs, and has just sold its Careline Homecare business to City & County Healthcare of London.
18-Apr-2011


Care & Share Associates is to create 50 jobs at a new office in Leeds, having won a contract to provide care services to elderly people.
18-Apr-2011


The Stroke Association is planning to open a new £2.2m 11,700 sq ft care centre in Bromsgrove by the end of the year.
14-Apr-2011


Cygnet Health Care has won approval to build a 62-bed mental health unit near Bridgwater, with the creation of up to 180 jobs.
13-Apr-2011


Ideal Care Homes is creating up to 50 jobs at a new care home due to open at Dearne Hall in South Yorkshire in August.
13-Apr-2011


Medical Protection Society is seeking a suitable property for a new 60,000 sq ft office in Leeds.
12-Apr-2011


Synergy Health has acquired BeamOne, the US provider of sterilisation services to the health sector, for £21m.
12-Apr-2011


Ortho-Care is to relocate the headquarters of its Bradford-based dental equipment business and 40 staff to a new £2.5m 25,000 sq ft building in Shipley by the end of the year.
12-Apr-2011


Capita Group is to acquire the government and health advisory businesses of Tribal Group for up to £16m.
11-Apr-2011


HICA Homecare is to create up to 100 jobs at its new healthcare operation in the Lancashire village of Buckshaw over the next six months.
07-Apr-2011


Priory Group has acquired Craegmoor Group, the Worcester-based provider of mental health services with more than 6,000 staff, for undisclosed terms.
06-Apr-2011


Dr Newman's Clinic is planning to expand its Bolton-based chain of clinics with up to 12 new sites over the next few years, having just been acquired by a consortium for £1.6m.
06-Apr-2011


Home Instead Senior Care is to create 30 jobs at its new care services operation in Stratford, Kenilworth, Leamington and Warwick.
06-Apr-2011


NHS West Midlands is creating 467 new jobs for health visitors, as part of a government proposal to increase the nationwide workforce of health visitors by 50% by 2015.
04-Apr-2011


Bracknell Forest Council has approved plans from Ashley House to build a £20m HealthSpace hospital in Bracknell town centre by the end of next year.
31-Mar-2011


Joints & Points Healthcare is to relocate its Liverpool-based physiotherapy and psychotherapy business to Exchange Flags in April.
30-Mar-2011


St Dunstan's is to create up to 70 jobs at its new £12m health centre for ex-servicemen and women due to open in Llandudno in August.
28-Mar-2011


Churchill Retirement Living is seeking permission to extend its headquarters in Ringwood, Hampshire, with the creation of up to 60 jobs.
24-Mar-2011


Peterborough City Council is to consider outline plans from Paul Leong to build a multi-million pound care village at Farcet, with the creation of up to 100 jobs.
21-Mar-2011


Parklands Group has submitted plans to build a £2m care home in Elgin, with the creation of 42 jobs.
21-Mar-2011


Advanced Childcare, the Stockport-based group of 30 residential care homes, has been acquired by private equity firm GI Partners for £28m.
21-Mar-2011


First on Scene Training is to create 20 jobs at its new 5,200 sq ft first-aid training office and warehouse in Bradford.
17-Mar-2011


Glenside Manor Healthcare Services, the Wiltshire-based operator of a rehabilitation hospital and seven care homes, has undergone a £25m management buy-out backed by Bowmark Capital.
17-Mar-2011


Cello Group is to acquire MedErgy HealthGroup, the healthcare communications consultancy with 50 staff in the US and London, for an initial £3.4m.
16-Mar-2011


PRA International is to relocate its Reading-based clinical research organisation to a 43,000 sq ft office at Green Park later this year.
10-Mar-2011


Home Instead Senior Care is expanding its nationwide network of franchised at-home care offices from 80 last year to 100 by May.
10-Mar-2011


Cellnovo is looking to relocate its Swansea-based medical technology business to a larger site, and aims to double its 55-strong workforce.
10-Mar-2011


White Cross Veterinary Service is planning to expand its chain of seven practices across the North and Midlands to 50 by 2018, with the creation of hundreds of jobs.
09-Mar-2011


Allied Healthcare Group has acquired ScotHomecare, the homecare operations of Health & Lifecare Options with ten branches, for £2.5m.
08-Mar-2011


Ascribe has acquired 21C, the London-based provider of healthcare intelligence data with 15 staff, for undisclosed terms.
02-Mar-2011


PDSA is to build a £2m animal hospital at the Plymouth International Medical & Technology Park by the end of 2012.
01-Mar-2011


Maria Mallaband Care is to build a £6m nursing home in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, by next February, with the creation of 40 jobs.
23-Feb-2011


Glasgow Centre for Reproductive Medicine (GCRM) is to invest £1m in the expansion of its clinic, including new office space and treatment rooms.
23-Feb-2011


NSPCC is to relocate 40 staff to a 7,800 sq ft office on Albion Street in Leeds this spring.
17-Feb-2011


Doctors Laboratory is seeking a suitable 75,000 sq ft property in the West End of London for a new office and pathology laboratory, and hopes to relocate from existing sites by 2013.
15-Feb-2011


Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust is submitting plans for the £35m redevelopment of St Ann's mental hospital in Poole.
15-Feb-2011


Borough Care is relocating its care homes business to a new 4,400 sq ft headquarters on the Acorn Business Park in Stockport.
09-Feb-2011


Saga Group is to expand its healthcare operations in Folkestone, Hythe and Thanet, with the creation of up to 1,000 jobs over the next year.
08-Feb-2011


Ark Therapeutics is to sell its Patient Plus woundcare business to Crawford Healthcare for up to £2.7m.
08-Feb-2011


Toshiba Medical Visualisation Systems (TMVS) is to set up a £15m medical scanning research and development centre in Edinburgh, with the creation of 100 jobs over the next three years.
07-Feb-2011


Cambrian Group has acquired the Pinder Oaks special needs hospital near Barnsley from private equity firm Voyage.
07-Feb-2011


The Department of Health is to invest a further £400m in mental health care, through the launch of a new Mental Health Outcomes Strategy.
03-Feb-2011


Shropshire County Primary Care Trust has unveiled new plans to build a £27m hospital at the Eco Business Park in Ludlow.
02-Feb-2011


Cardiff & Vale University Health Board is planning to open a new £6m centre for stroke patients at Llandough Hospital in Cardiff this August.
02-Feb-2011


Integrated Dental Holdings, the Bolton-based chain of 315 dental practices, has been acquired by Carlyle Group for £450m, and will be merged with Surrey-based Associated Dental Practices.
31-Jan-2011


Balhousie Care Group is seeking permission to build a £3.5m care home at Huntly in Aberdeenshire, which would create 60 jobs.
24-Jan-2011


Caremark East Riding is creating 350 jobs at its home care services across East Yorkshire.
24-Jan-2011


Assura is to acquire AH Medical Properties, the Buckinghamshire-based owner of 52 medical centres and pharmacies, for £28m.
20-Jan-2011


Clarity Informatics Group is planning to create 20 new jobs at its Newcastle-based medical information business this year.
18-Jan-2011


Priory Group, the care homes operator, is to be sold by Royal Bank of Scotland to Advent International for up to £925m.
18-Jan-2011


City & County Healthcare has acquired Quality Care Services, the Belfast-based domiciliary care firm with 160 staff.
18-Jan-2011


NHS North Somerset is seeking a private company to build and maintain a new £15m community hospital in Clevedon.
17-Jan-2011


PWB Health, the Dumbarton-based medical devices firm, has been bought out of liquidation by the owner of Ultralife Healthcare.
17-Jan-2011


ICON has acquired Oxford Outcomes, the Oxford-based health outcomes consultancy, in order to expand its Late Phase & Outcomes Research division.
17-Jan-2011


HeartSine Technologies is to invest £2m in the expansion of its cardiac defibrillators business near Belfast, which employs about 50 staff.
17-Jan-2011


Care UK has acquired an 80% stake in Specialist Medical Imaging, the Altrincham-based scanning firm with 90 staff, for undisclosed terms.
17-Jan-2011


Pathfinders Neurological Care Community has submitted plans for the £7m expansion of its care home at Sherwood Energy Village, which would create 140 new jobs.
13-Jan-2011


Rascals Day Nurseries is to create 60 jobs at a new childcare nursery in south Belfast.
13-Jan-2011


Midcounties Co-operative has acquired Buffer Bear, the Reading-based chain of 24 children's nurseries with 650 staff, for undisclosed terms.
11-Jan-2011


Merseycare is planning build a £25m mental hospital at the former Walton hospital site in Liverpool by 2013.
10-Jan-2011