ANS, the nursing homes operator, is to undergo a £29m management buy-out. [23-Dec-1999]
Bury Healthcare NHS Trust has awarded a £7m contract to Totty for the redevelopment of Fairfield Hospital. [16-Dec-1999]
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust has been selected as the site for a new armed forces medical research centre, and about 300 military medics will be transferred to the site. [15-Dec-1999]
Boots is seeking potential sites for a new health centre business, which will combine a GP practice, dentist, chiropody unit, gym, swimming pool and Boots the Chemist store under one roof. [13-Dec-1999]
Carillion is to build and maintain a number of new psychiatric hospitals in North Staffordshire, in a £35m private finance initiative scheme that will include a £25m acute hospital next to the City General Hospital site at Hartshill. [13-Dec-1999]
NHP is planning to invest in nursing homes in Spain, using a £125m loan from Banco Santander Central Hispano. [10-Dec-1999]
Swansea NHS Trust is planning to set up a medical school at Swansea University, as a satellite school of the Cardiff-based University of Wales College of Medicine. [09-Dec-1999]
SSL International is planning to expand its healthcare products manufacturing capacity in Thailand and Malaysia, which will lead to closures in the UK. [08-Dec-1999]
Derby City Council is in discussions with Southern Derbyshire Community Health Services about a £1m plan to merge two health centres in the Chaddesden and Derwent area. [07-Dec-1999]
The government has announced plans to set up a new care standards commission to regulate private hospitals, nursing homes, and cosmetic surgery clinics. [04-Dec-1999]
WellCare Lifestyle Clinic is planning to expand its chain of 16 healthcare clinics, and expects to relocate its headquarters from Bath to Bristol next year. [25-Nov-1999]
Kendall is to shed 200 of the 900 jobs at its medical devices factory in Gosport, and the warehouse will close once a new facility opens in the Midlands next summer. [24-Nov-1999]
Leicestershire & Rutland Healthcare NHS Trust has announced plans for a £9.4m hospital development in Loughborough, creating 100 jobs as well as a day surgery, minor casualty facilities, an X-ray department, and mental health services. [23-Nov-1999]
Medical Industrial Equipment of the US is to relocate its Devon operation from Exeter to Exmouth, where it will manufacture specialist anaesthetic equipment and employ 40 people. [19-Nov-1999]
Kent & Sussex Weald NHS Trust is to merge with the Mid Kent Healthcare trust from next April. [12-Nov-1999]
NHP has launched a £194m bond issue in order to fund the acquisition of additional nursing homes through sale and leaseback. [10-Nov-1999]
St Vincent's Hospital in Eastcote, London, is to close over the next few months with the loss of 80 jobs. [06-Nov-1999]
Bupa has dropped plans for a £250m bond issue, due to declining interest among investors in the nursing homes sector. [04-Nov-1999]
Tamaris has sold its main nursing home assets to Omega Worldwide of the US, following the failure of a rescue plan that would have given Tamaris a £6m equity injection. [02-Nov-1999]
CellPath, the manufacturer of medical supplies, has relocated to a larger factory at the Welsh Development Agency's Mochdre Enterprise Park in Newtown, and plans to add to its 30-strong workforce. [30-Oct-1999]
Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust is cutting 35 jobs at the Stracathro Hospital as part of a series of measures designed to save £0.5m a year. [30-Oct-1999]
Norwich City Council has approved a plan to set up a £0.5m RSPCA animal hospital. [26-Oct-1999]
Kleinwort Benson Development Capital has funded the launch of a new chain of London-based dental practices called the Ora Dental Group. [23-Oct-1999]
Camden Borough Council is considering plans to replace the Waterlow mental health unit in Highgate Hill with a £18m 140-bed psychiatric hospital. [23-Oct-1999]
Wates has won a £3m contract to build an equine pathology unit in Newmarket for the Animal Health Trust. [21-Oct-1999]
Medisure, the medical insurance company, is planning to move its UK headquarters to Bristol, where it will accommodate up to 100 staff from Sedgwick's offices in Slough and Bristol's Portland Square. [15-Oct-1999]
Coventry Health Authority has decided to locate the new £200m super-hospital at the Walsgrave site, rather than in the city centre. [15-Oct-1999]
Smith & Nephew, the healthcare group, has sold its Astor House headquarters by the Thames in London for £15m, and the proceeds are expected to be used for acquisitions. [15-Oct-1999]
Bexley & Greenwich Health Authority has awarded a £3m contract to Yorkon for the development of a health centre in Woolwich. [14-Oct-1999]
Bupa, the healthcare group, is considering plans to raise £200m in the bond market in order to refinance debt. [07-Oct-1999]
Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Trust has announced plans to build a private hospital in the grounds of St Mary's Hospital, Newport, and is seeking a private company to run the unit. [02-Oct-1999]
Carillion's Crown House Engineering division has won £150m of contracts to install mechanical, electrical and public health services at PFI hospital projects in Middlesbrough, Norfolk, Kent, Swindon and Scotland. [30-Sep-1999]
Royal Hull Hospitals Trust is to build a £1.2m unit to treat kidney patients at Grimsby hospital. [30-Sep-1999]
Addenbrooke NHS Trust has announced a £340m plan to expand the Cambridge hospital onto green belt land and build an adjoining biomedical campus, with the creation of 5,000 jobs. [30-Sep-1999]
Tamaris, the nursing homes company, is negotiating an equity injection from US-based Omega Worldwide, which could lead to a full takeover offer. [28-Sep-1999]
Gyrus is to receive a $6m investment from Johnson & Johnson of the US to develop a range of arthroscopic products used for keyhole surgery. [24-Sep-1999]
Cambridgeshire Health Authority has announced a £400m development strategy to cope with the county's expected population boom, which will involve moving Papworth Hospital to the Addenbrooke's site by 2007. [23-Sep-1999]
The government has announced that £93m of National Lottery money will be used to supply new cancer equipment to hospitals around the country. [23-Sep-1999]
Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust has announced that work on the £54m Baglan Moors Hospital will start later this year, once approval has been given by the Welsh Assembly. [16-Sep-1999]
Bowey Construction has built a £1.3m care home for the Helen McArdle Care Group in Forest Hall, Tyne & Wear, which will create 50 jobs. [11-Sep-1999]
The Western Health & Social Service Board is seeking to build a £75m hospital between Omagh and Enniskillen in Northern Ireland, which is expected to lead to the closure of the nearby Tyrone County Hospital and the Erne Hospital. [02-Sep-1999]
Aortech is to acquire the Yorkshire-based heart valve business of Tissuemed for up to £1m. [02-Sep-1999]
Vernon Carus is planning to cut up to 40 jobs at its surgical dressings factory in Darwen. [01-Sep-1999]
South Durham NHS Trust is seeking contractors for a £6m scheme to build a hospital in Darlington. [26-Aug-1999]
Rentokil Initial has won the contract to supply temporary staff at 80 NHS operating theatres across the West Midlands. [24-Aug-1999]
SSL International is acquiring Silipos, the US skin products company, for £20m. [24-Aug-1999]
WPP has acquired Shire Hall Group, the healthcare communications consultancy with annual turnover of about £4m. [20-Aug-1999]
McKesson HBOC, the US-based distributor of health care products, has opened its new European headquarters at the Warwick Technology Park and is planning to create a further 100 jobs. [12-Aug-1999]
The government has announced plans for the £122m refurbishment of the South Tees hospital near Middlesbrough, with funding provided by the private finance initiative. [11-Aug-1999]
Smith & Nephew is considering plans to raise £500m to fund the acquisition of medical equipment companies. [10-Aug-1999]
The government is seeking to modernise NHS pathology services, starting with a £10m programme to set up demonstration sites for best practice. [06-Aug-1999]
Oxfordshire Health Authority is considering plans to build a £4.5m mental health unit in Banbury. [05-Aug-1999]
Aberdeen City Council is considering plans to close two nursing homes and cut admissions by more than 50% in order to reduce costs in its social work department. [04-Aug-1999]
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has announced plans to spend £2m improving services over the next year, including intensive care and radiotherapy facilities. [03-Aug-1999]
United Bristol Healthcare Trust has awarded a contract to architects Atkins Walters Webster for the design of the new £5m education centre opposite the city's Children's Hospital. [29-Jul-1999]
University of Teesside has awarded a £5m contract to Amec for the construction of a school of health. [29-Jul-1999]
Smith & Nephew is to acquire Exogen, the US manufacturer of ultrasound devices, for £40m. [27-Jul-1999]
Worcestershire County Council is selling nine nursing homes to Heart of England, which was formed by Warwickshire Housing Association and Warwickshire Care Services. [22-Jul-1999]
Isotron is to acquire Steris, the US medical products sterilisation company, for £71m. [21-Jul-1999]
General Medical Clinics is to raise £2.5m in order to fund the opening of four more private healthcare centres. [20-Jul-1999]
The government has announced the first 19 walk-in NHS centres, as part of a £280m investment over the next three years. [17-Jul-1999]
CrestaCare, the nursing homes and healthcare group, is returning to private ownership in a £70m deal backed by venture capitalist Alchemy Partners. [17-Jul-1999]
Grange Care, the Belfast-based care services company, has made all 120 of its staff redundant as it prepares to go into liquidation. [16-Jul-1999]
Basildon & Thurrock General Hospitals NHS Trust has won approval from Basildon Council to build a new 200 bed in-patient block at Basildon Hospital. [15-Jul-1999]
Stoke Mandeville Hospital Trust has shortlisted four consortia for a £20m project to redevelop its hospital in Aylesbury. [15-Jul-1999]
NHP is buying 35 nursing homes from Highfield Group for £67m, in a sale and leaseback arrangement. [14-Jul-1999]
Northumberland Health Authority is relocating from the St George's Hospital in Morpeth to nearby Merley Croft. [12-Jul-1999]
Technical Service Consultants, the Rochdale-based developer of sterile products for use in microbiology tests, has undergone a management buy-in for undisclosed terms. [08-Jul-1999]
Mater Hospital NHS Trust has awarded a £14m contract to Karl Construction to extend the Mater Hospital in Belfast. [08-Jul-1999]
The government has approved a series of hospital schemes worth £615m under the private finance initiative, including projects in Derby, Leeds, Blackburn, Oxford, Portsmouth and Havering. [08-Jul-1999]
MediDesk has raised £6m from venture capital companies to fund the expansion of its internet-based business that provides information management services to healthcare professionals. [02-Jul-1999]
Sussex Weald & Downs NHS Trust is planning to transform mental health services in Chichester at a cost of £24m, including a range of new purpose-built facilities. [01-Jul-1999]
Forth Valley Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is planning to build two £10m walk-in, walk-out health centres in Falkirk and Stirling, in order to reduce waiting lists and combine diagnosis, treatment and care on one site. [01-Jul-1999]
Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has unveiled plans to redevelop Royal Preston and Chorley & South Ribble District General hospitals, including a new medical ward and the relocation of services from Sharoe Green hospital to Royal Preston. [30-Jun-1999]
Guild Community Healthcare NHS Trust is to open a new £9.6m 54-bed secure mental health unit in Preston in July. [29-Jun-1999]
Hill-rom, the supplier of healthcare equipment, has decided to set up a call centre in Paris due to problems with the telecoms infrastructure at its existing base in Ashby-de-la-Zouch. [25-Jun-1999]
The government is to reorganise NHS Supplies by transferring staff to the hospitals and by creating a new NHS Purchasing & Supply Agency. [25-Jun-1999]
Sinclair Montrose Healthcare is to undergo a £30m management buy-out backed by Mercury Private Equity Investors and NatWest Equity Partners, and is also launching a strategic review of the Medicentre chain of doctors surgeries. [24-Jun-1999]
The government has announced plans to create an extra 1,000 medical school places at the universities of Durham, Warwick, Birmingham and Keele. [23-Jun-1999]
HBG has won a £5m contract to build a neuroscience centre at the Hope Hospital in Salford for Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust. [17-Jun-1999]
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking construction companies for a £20m hospital scheme in Hexham. [17-Jun-1999]
DDA Care Services has announced plans to create 30 jobs in Tyrone in an expansion of its business providing care to elderly and housebound people. [15-Jun-1999]
The government is publishing plans for the regulation of the private health sector, which include a statutory complaints procedure and a new inspection system to be funded by private hospitals. [15-Jun-1999]
Treetops Care Home in Epping is planning to build a £1m medical centre incorporating a surgery, a dentist, a chiropodist and a physiotherapist. [14-Jun-1999]
Galliers of Shrewsbury has won a £2.3m contract to build a spinal injuries unit at the Orthopaedic Hospital in Oswestry. [10-Jun-1999]
KPMG has sold its Health Systems division, which designs software for hospitals, to a management team for £14m. [10-Jun-1999]
Sinclair Montrose Healthcare is in discussions with Mercury Asset Management about a possible £33m management buy-out. [08-Jun-1999]
Pegasus Airwave is to merge with Egerton Hospital Equipment, in order to create a combined group called Pegasus Egerton that will be a leading player in the patient and bed management market. [07-Jun-1999]
NHP is planning to expand its nursing home property business into continental Europe later this year, and is particularly interested in Spain. [04-Jun-1999]
Plymouth City Council has approved plans for the £5m redevelopment of the Scott Hospital, which will involve handing it over to community uses once the NHS Trust has completed its lease. [03-Jun-1999]
Birse has won a £5m contract to extend Bupa's Hull & East Riding hospital in Anlaby. [03-Jun-1999]
PPP has introduced a private healthcare plan that will offer immediate access to consultants when NHS waiting lists exceed 12 weeks. [02-Jun-1999]
The government has allocated funds to hospitals throughout the country to upgrade accident and emergency units, including £11m for hospitals in Birmingham and the Midlands. [28-May-1999]
City Hospital Trust is planning to build a £25m rapid treatment care centre at Birmingham's City Hospital, and it will be opened in 2001. [27-May-1999]
Henry Boot has won a £9m contract to refurbish St Mary's Hospital on the Isle of Wight. [27-May-1999]
Clugston Construction has won a £19m contract to build a new ear, nose and throat facility at Nottingham University Hospital. [27-May-1999]
Seton Scholl has announced a £1.5bn merger with London International Group to create an enlarged health care products group called SSL International. [25-May-1999]
South Durham NHS Trust has signed an agreement with the Criterion Healthcare consortium to build a £67m hospital in Bishop Auckland under the private finance initiative. [21-May-1999]
Misys is forming an alliance with Healtheon of the US to develop a leading internet healthcare web site, which will enable doctors to carry out various transactions online. [21-May-1999]
Newcastle City Health NHS Trust is considering plans to build a hotel and swimming pool at a pioneering health park for medical-related businesses at Newcastle General hospital. [20-May-1999]
Royal Berkshire & Battle NHS Trust is planning a £22m extension at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, and tenders are being considered from five joint venture teams. [20-May-1999]
Care UK is planning to open four more old people's homes with a total of 239 beds by the end of the year. [17-May-1999]
The Paterson Institute for cancer research in Manchester is to cut 40 jobs as part of a reorganisation aimed at improving its international reputation. [17-May-1999]
Stoke Mandeville Hospital Trust has invited bidders for a £23m redevelopment of the Buckinghamshire hospital, and expects to make a final decision in the autumn. [13-May-1999]
Norwich Union is to invest £100m in a joint venture with the Mill Group in order to participate in private finance initiative projects, and its first contract is to provide a primary care facility for Bradford Community NHS Trust. [12-May-1999]
Powys NHS Trust is considering plans to move services such as physiotherapy and X-ray from outlying hospitals and centralise them in hospitals in the county's three main centres of Brecon, Llandrindod Wells and Newtown. [06-May-1999]
Lincoln & Louth NHS Trust is to build a £11m radiotherapy unit at the County Hospital site, with completion due in August 2001. [06-May-1999]
Cheshire County Council is considering plans to sell off the £1m Hallwood Court nursing home in Neston, in order to reduce its social services budget. [04-May-1999]
Seton Scholl is in merger talks with London International Group, which could lead to the creation of a £1.5bn healthcare products group. [03-May-1999]
Smith & Nephew is to sell a majority stake in its medical bracing business to Chase Capital Partners for £124m, and the proceeds will be used to expand its core orthopaedic, wound management, and endoscopy businesses. [01-May-1999]
Newcastle City Health NHS Trust has announced a £123m redevelopment plan that will involve the relocation of dozens of wards, a new accident and emergency unit at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, and a new cancer centre at the Freeman hospital. [29-Apr-1999]
Specsavers, the opticians, is planning to open a chain of 100 dental practices over the next three years. [27-Apr-1999]
Coventry Health Authority has backed Walsgrave as the preferred site for a new superhospital, rather than the alternative location in Coventry city centre. [23-Apr-1999]
Bradford Community Health NHS Trust has confirmed plans to set up a £4m super-clinic, which will include space for doctors, dentists, opticians and pharmacists. [20-Apr-1999]
Hereford NHS Trust is linking up with Mercia Healthcare for the £65m redevelopment of Hereford Hospital, under the private finance initiative. [17-Apr-1999]
Dundee Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is planning a £6.7m expansion at the Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, including a larger renal unit and a new two-storey building. [15-Apr-1999]
Misys is planning to form an alliance with a number of US companies to provide internet services to US medical practices, concentrating on the transmission of clinical data between doctors, drug companies and insurers. [14-Apr-1999]
The government has announced plans to set up 20 walk-in health care centres, which the public will be able to visit without making an appointment. [14-Apr-1999]
Birmingham City Council's social services department is seeking to make alternative arrangements for house-bound people after CommuniCare pulled out of a home care contract due to a dispute over unpaid bills. [12-Apr-1999]
United Hospitals Trust and Baxter Healthcare have formed a partnership to build a £2m kidney unit at Antrim Hospital, which should be completed by May 2000. [12-Apr-1999]
West Berkshire Priority Care Services NHS Trust has won approval to build a £30m psychiatric hospital in Reading. [10-Apr-1999]
Down & Lisburn Trust is to build a £13m hospital at Downpatrick in Northern Ireland, and a £2m facility will be built in nearby Newcastle. [08-Apr-1999]
North Lincolnshire Council has approved plans from GPI for the construction of a £1m medical centre in Ashby, including a surgery and pharmacy. [06-Apr-1999]
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust is to build a £44m 233-bed hospital in Tooting, through a consortium that comprises Gleeson, Canmore Partnership and Broadway Malyan Healthcare. [01-Apr-1999]
Camborne-Redruth Community Hospital is developing plans to build a 40-bed psychiatric unit. [31-Mar-1999]
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary is planning to double the size of its intensive therapy unit at a cost of £2.5m, creating about 50 nursing jobs. [31-Mar-1999]
Basildon & Thurrock General Hospitals NHS Trust is planning a multi-million pound expansion at Basildon Hospital, which will create eight new wards. [30-Mar-1999]
The University of Aberdeen is planning to recruit an additional 90 staff for its Institute of Medical Sciences, in an attempt to create one of the leading medical research and teaching centres in the world. [29-Mar-1999]
Cardiff University and the University of Wales College of Medicine have won £3m of government funding to transform research into successful business ventures, with most of the projects involving health and life sciences. [29-Mar-1999]
Intercare, the North Yorkshire-based healthcare company, has launched a new international division called Intercare Korea that will manufacture mobility products. [29-Mar-1999]
Newcastle City Council is to consider plans for the redevelopment of the Royal Victoria Infirmary, which will include a new high-tech centre housing accident and emergency, intensive care, trauma, and neurosciences. [26-Mar-1999]
Derbyshire Royal Infirmary NHS Trust is considering plans for a £100m super-hospital that would combine all major acute services together at Derby City General Hospital and transform Derbyshire Royal Infirmary into a community hospital. [25-Mar-1999]
Ayrshire & Arran Community Healthcare NHS Trust has awarded a £10m contract to HBG for the construction of a community care hospital in Cumnock. [25-Mar-1999]
Huddersfield NHS Trust is planning to expand the Holme Valley Memorial Hospital by building a new 60-bed care home and special needs unit. [23-Mar-1999]
Westminster Healthcare, the nursing homes group, has agreed a £214m takeover bid from a new company called Canterbury, which is backed by Goldman Sachs. [23-Mar-1999]
Worcester Royal Infirmary NHS Trust and Catalyst Healthcare have secured a £116m private finance initiative deal to build a new hospital in Worcester. [22-Mar-1999]
North Durham Hospitals is to convert Shotley Bridge Hospital in Consett into a £7m health centre. [19-Mar-1999]
Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust has awarded a £5m contract to Kier for the fitting out of offices and laboratories in London. [18-Mar-1999]
The government is drawing up plans to monitor the standards of medical treatment in private hospitals, as part of a new inspection network for private nursing homes and residential care centres. [18-Mar-1999]
The University of East Anglia is linking up with Norfolk's major hospital trusts to apply for government approval to set up a new-style medial school. [17-Mar-1999]
CommuniCare NHS Trust is planning to close Ribchester Hospital and Longridge Health Centre and transfer services to a new £2.2m site in Longridge, Lancashire. [16-Mar-1999]
Merton, Sutton & Wandsworth Health Authority is planning to develop a £3m integrated care facility in Sutton for the borough's elderly mentally ill. [11-Mar-1999]
The government has allocated £5m to attract nurses back into the profession, and hospitals will use the money to set up childcare schemes and training courses. [08-Mar-1999]
Plymouth Community Services NHS Trust has announced a £13m reorganisation of the city's health services, which will involve new buildings being set up and other sites being sold off. [05-Mar-1999]
The government has announced a £1.1bn programme to improve NHS buildings and equipment over the coming year, including a new £14m women and baby department in Sheffield and £2.9m for new ambulances in London. [03-Mar-1999]
Norwich Union has launched a new health insurance product called Fair and Square that allows customers to choose between private and NHS treatment. [02-Mar-1999]
Smith & Nephew has confirmed plans to reorganise its health care products business along product rather than regional lines, and up to eight of its 35 factories could be closed. [26-Feb-1999]
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has identified three potential sites for a new Wharfedale General Hospital. [25-Feb-1999]
Smith & Nephew has been approached by at least 10 companies interested in buying its bracing division, which produces braces for knees and other joints and is worth about £100m. [25-Feb-1999]
Dean & Dyball has won a £3.7m contract to build an extension at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital. [25-Feb-1999]
South Durham NHS Trust has appointed Shepherd Construction to build a £47m general hospital in Bishop Auckland. [25-Feb-1999]
Newham Community Health Services NHS Trust is to build an £8m 120-bed mental health unit in London. [25-Feb-1999]
Community Hospitals Group has agreed contracts for all 21 of its hospitals to join either Bupa or PPP's network, in order to secure additional work from the health insurers. [23-Feb-1999]
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust is considering an area between the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Birmingham University as a potential site for a new £200m super-hospital. [18-Feb-1999]
Dundee Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is planning to build a £5.2m children's hospital on the Ninewells Hospital site in Dundee. [18-Feb-1999]
St Andrew's Hospital, the Northampton-based charitable trust, is to develop an £8m nursing home for the mentally ill at Benfleet in Essex, with the creation of 150 jobs. [17-Feb-1999]
Bupa Hospital Hull & East Riding is planning a £5m expansion to provide a new physiotherapy department and a permanent base for its hyperbaric chamber. [17-Feb-1999]
The government is to invest £30m in the modernisation of 70 hospital casualty departments. [17-Feb-1999]
The government is to invest £1.1m in Liverpool's Blood Centre in order to create an international leader in the fight against leukaemia, and 218 more staff will be recruited over the next 12 months. [16-Feb-1999]
The Industrial Development Board for Northern Ireland is supporting a plan by CMA International of the US to set up a £2.5m medical devices factory in Belfast, with the creation of 75 jobs. [16-Feb-1999]
Bupa is to set up a national training centre for its health care staff at Huddersfield University. [15-Feb-1999]
Wellhouse NHS Trust has agreed a £64m private finance initiative contract with the Metier Healthcare consortium to build and operate a 450-bed hospital extension in Barnet. [13-Feb-1999]
The University of Teesside is seeking permission to build an £8m nurse training centre, in order to ease the current recruitment crisis in the profession. [12-Feb-1999]
Cornwall Healthcare Trust has selected Caddick Construction and the Grosvenor House Group as the preferred bidder to build and operate the £10m Bodmin Community Hospital. [12-Feb-1999]
Cryomedical Instruments is building a £1.2m factory and office complex in Mansfield to make medical equipment for destroying unwanted tissue, and 37 jobs will be created. [11-Feb-1999]
Gateshead Council is looking to sell 11 nursing homes to the private sector, as it cannot afford the £1.5m required for their refurbishment. [09-Feb-1999]
The Diving Diseases Research Centre in Plymouth is seeking to expand nationwide with a series of new satellite centres, in order to expand the use of high-pressure oxygen for a wide range of medical conditions. [09-Feb-1999]
Blackpool Victoria NHS Trust has awarded a £14m contract to HBG for the construction of a new wing at Blackpool's Victoria Hospital. [04-Feb-1999]
Wright Health Group, the Dundee-based dental supply company, has acquired the dental business of London-based Cottrell & Company for undisclosed terms, which will give it the opportunity to expand in the south of England and Wales. [03-Feb-1999]
The government has announced plans to set up one-stop health centres offering family doctors, opticians, dentists and pharmacists, under a new Health Bill that will also reform the way that hospitals and health authorities are funded. [30-Jan-1999]
North East Lincolnshire Council is considering plans for the construction of a £1m 40-bed nursing home on the derelict site of the former Immingham Hospital. [29-Jan-1999]
The three NHS trusts on Teesside - North Tees Health, Hartlepool and East Durham and South Tees Community and Mental Health - are to be merged and two new ones will be created, in order to cut management costs and improve co-operation. [28-Jan-1999]
Bradford Council has agreed to sell land in Keighley to the Ling House surgery, in order to build a new health centre for 9,300 patients. [28-Jan-1999]
Dundee Healthcare NHS Trust has appointed Jarvis as preferred bidder for a £41m contract to build and operate a psychiatry unit at the Royal Dundee Liff Hospital. [28-Jan-1999]
North Tees hospital in Stockton has won approval from the Northern and Yorkshire NHS Executive for a £7m refurbishment, and building work will be undertaken by Walter Thompson. [22-Jan-1999]
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is expected to cut more than 100 jobs by March following last year's merger of the top two hospitals in Leeds. [22-Jan-1999]
Glan-y-Mor NHS Trust has selected a Tilbury Douglas-led consortium as preferred bidder for a £450m hospital project at Port Talbot. [21-Jan-1999]
City of York Council has approved plans by Esprit Fort to set up a £3m 60-bed private nursing home at the former Clifton Hospital in York, which will create up to 70 jobs. [20-Jan-1999]
Black Country Mental Health Trust is to recruit 30 new nurses to staff up hospitals and residential homes in Rowley Regis and Old Hill. [15-Jan-1999]
West Berkshire Priority Care NHS Trust is planning to build a £30m hospital in Reading to replace Fair Mile, and a private company is being sought to design and build the unit. [15-Jan-1999]
Oxleas NHS Trust has awarded a £14m contract to a consortium led by Rydon Construction to build a mental health unit at St Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. [15-Jan-1999]
Thames Healthcare Services NHS Trust has awarded a £7m contract to Hunting Gate for the construction of a psychiatric unit in Dartford. [15-Jan-1999]
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has approved plans by the Streetwise charity to convert one of the Humber forts into one of the largest drug and alcohol detox centres in Europe. [14-Jan-1999]
British Telecom has won a contract to set up a £9.5m computer network to link up health service providers in Essex, including hospitals in Colchester, Chelmsford and Harlow, the Essex Ambulance Trust and the North Essex Health Authority. [13-Jan-1999]
South Humber Health Authority is supporting plans for the creation of a new medical school at Hull University. [12-Jan-1999]
The NHS is to set up a £10m diabetes centre in Oxford, employing 150 clinicians and researchers, and Novo Nordisk of Denmark is to provide £4m of research funding. [12-Jan-1999]
British Airways is to equip its long-haul aircraft with defibrillators and cardiac monitors, and a satellite link will be used to transmit data to medical staff on the ground. [09-Jan-1999]
Huddersfield NHS Trust is planning to set up a £1m oncology and haematology unit at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. [07-Jan-1999]
Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital NHS Trust in London has awarded a design services contract to Capita Property Services for a £9m renal and cancer unit. [07-Jan-1999]
Calderstone NHS Trust in the Ribble Valley has announced 80 redundancies due to changes in the way that people with learning disabilities are cared for. [07-Jan-1999]
Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust has been cleared to start work on a new £148m hospital in Swindon next month, as the government has decided not to intervene with the planning process. [06-Jan-1999]
A consortium comprising Caddick Construction and Grosvenor House Group is to build a £10m community hospital with 130 beds in Bodmin, Cornwall. [06-Jan-1999]