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Health Care - 2007
North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust is considering a number of potential locations in Stockton and Hartlepool for the development of a new Teesside super-hospital.
24-Dec-2007
Bunzl has acquired Care Shop, the Bolton-based supplier of consumables for the independent care and nursing homes market, from Verna Group Holdings.
18-Dec-2007
Darlington Borough Council has approved plans from North East Property Holdings for the development of a £4m four-storey office building at Four Riggs, and Southern Cross Healthcare is in negotiations to occupy the site.
18-Dec-2007
Nuffield Hospitals is to sell nine private hospitals to General Healthcare Group for £140m, including sites in London, Nottingham, Lancaster and Birmingham.
17-Dec-2007
Worthing Borough Council is to consider plans from St Barnabas House for the development of a new £9m hospice on a five-acre site at Lower Northbrook Farm.
13-Dec-2007
Swiss Smile is planning to open four dental clinics in London, with sites in Mayfair, Knightsbridge, Kensington and the City.
10-Dec-2007
Pennine Acute Trust has announced plans to build a new £17m cancer treatment centre at the Royal Oldham Hospital by 2009.
06-Dec-2007
Norfolk & Waveney Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust is to build a £9.4m psychiatric intensive care unit on the Hellesdon Hospital site in Norwich by next April.
05-Dec-2007
Oasis Healthcare is looking to expand its chain of 140 dental practices with the acquisition of three new practices a month.
04-Dec-2007
CVS has acquired Petmedics, the Manchester-based chain of three veterinary surgeries, for undisclosed terms.
29-Nov-2007
North East Strategic Health Authority is to invest £110m in a number of health projects by 2010, including new primary care facilities in Gateshead and Stanley and the £75m revamp of mental health and disability services at Teesside's St Luke's Hospital.
28-Nov-2007
Mid Essex Hospitals Trust has won government approval for the £143m revamp of Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford by 2009, in order to centralise and improve all acute services.
27-Nov-2007
DCC Healthcare has acquired Squadron Medical, the Chesterfield-based supplier of medical and surgical products, for an initial £11m.
26-Nov-2007
Mobile Doctors Group is to acquire Medi-fiche, the Chichester-based supplier of medico-legal reports for personal injury claims with 20 staff, for £1.2m.
22-Nov-2007
Synergy Healthcare has acquired Vernon-Carus, the provider of infection control and decontamination services to the NHS, for £24m.
21-Nov-2007
Leicestershire Partnership Trust is to invest £3m in the revamp of mental health facilities in Leicestershire, as part of a £30m nationwide scheme by the Department of Health.
21-Nov-2007
Rowcroft Hospice in Torquay has unveiled plans to build a £10m extension by 2010.
21-Nov-2007
Forde Park Care has won planning permission to build a new £10m nursing home and 30 close care apartments at its site in Newton Abbot.
21-Nov-2007
Gyrus Group, the Wokingham-based medical equipment manufacturer with factories in Cardiff, Canada and the US, is to be acquired by Olympus of Japan for £926m.
20-Nov-2007
Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust has unveiled a £19m plan for six new hospital wards for people with mental health problems by December 2010, including new and refurbished buildings on the Ipswich Hospital site.
19-Nov-2007
Southern Cross Healthcare has acquired three specialist learning disability care homes in Shropshire, in order to expand its Active Care Partnerships business.
19-Nov-2007
Plymouth City Council is to consider outline plans from Health Properties to build a new £50m hospital at the Plymouth Medical & Technology Park, employing about 100 consultants.
19-Nov-2007
Sk:n Clinics is planning to expand its nationwide chain of 17 cosmetic skin and body clinics with 12 new sites over the next year.
19-Nov-2007
Redcar & Cleveland Primary Care Trust has secured final government approval for the development of a £30m hospital in Redcar, and a joint consortium of Ryhurst and Sir Robert McAlpine will start work in February.
16-Nov-2007
Cambridge City Council has approved plans for the development of a 2.3m sq ft biomedical campus next to Addenbrooke's Hospital, in order to provide a major research laboratory for the Medical Research Council.
16-Nov-2007
Alliance Medical, the Warwick-based diagnostic imaging company with about 190 mobile and fixed scanners, has been acquired by Dubai International Capital for £600m.
06-Nov-2007
York Hospital is planning to invest up to £36m in improvements to its 24 wards, and hopes to start work in 2008.
31-Oct-2007
Chorley Hospital is planning to build a £2m Assessment & Treatment Centre, in order to improve its outpatient services.
24-Oct-2007
Avery Healthcare is to create up to 60 jobs at a new care home due to open in Heckmondwike in West Yorkshire in summer 2008.
24-Oct-2007
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust has appointed Mansell to build a £12m hospital in Cromer by 2010, in order to replace Mill Road Hospital.
24-Oct-2007
Ascribe has acquired Scorpio Information Systems, the Southampton-based supplier of clinical information management systems to the NHS, for £1.3m.
23-Oct-2007
Jane Lewis Social Care has won a three-year contract to provide a range of home care services to Cheshire County Council, and is seeking 65 new staff.
18-Oct-2007
Hartlepool Primary Care Trust is to open a new £16m diagnostic and treatment centre at the former Barlow's site in Hartlepool town centre in 2009.
09-Oct-2007
Cambridge City Council is to consider outline plans for the development of a new 200-bed hotel, shops and conference centre at Addenbrooke's Hospital.
08-Oct-2007
The Department of Health has announced proposals to open 150 new health centres and 100 GP practices, while existing practices will be encouraged to open on Saturday mornings.
08-Oct-2007
Claimar Care is to acquire Complete Care Holdings, the Telford-based provider of care services with 700 carers, for £33m.
04-Oct-2007
Bupa is to acquire a majority stake in DCA Agedcare, the operator of about 100 care homes in Australia and New Zealand, in a deal that values the business at £535m.
04-Oct-2007
Servoca has acquired the business, trade and assets of Firstpoint Healthcare, the nursing recruitment company with 21 staff, out of administration.
02-Oct-2007
Allied Healthcare International is to sell Allied Respiratory, the provider of oxygen services in the South East and Northern Ireland, to Air Liquide for £36m, in order to focus on healthcare staffing.
02-Oct-2007
Kids 1st is investing £3m in the expansion of its chain of five children's nurseries in the North East, with the creation of about 140 jobs and the opening of new branches in Hartlepool and Darlington.
01-Oct-2007
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has unveiled plans for the £27m expansion of Burnley General Hospital, including an overhaul for the A&E unit and a new breast cancer centre.
28-Sep-2007
The Department of Health is to award £97m to NHS trusts across the country to invest is security systems and personal safety training.
26-Sep-2007
Norfolk Primary Care Trust is planning to relocate 250 staff from St Andrew's House in Norwich to a new three-storey office at Broadland Business Park in Thorpe St Andrew.
25-Sep-2007
Sense Scotland is looking to recruit 200 additional staff in Inverness over the next year, having won a contract from Highland Council to provide home support for disabled people.
25-Sep-2007
The Woodlands Hospital in Darlington has submitted plans to open a health-care village by 2009, including an 86-bed nursing centre, specialist needs unit, visitor accommodation and the creation of 100 jobs.
17-Sep-2007
Sunrise Assisted Living has awarded a £12m contract to Wates to build a nursing home in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.
17-Sep-2007
East Riding Primary Care Trust is planning to build a £4.5m primary care health centre at Goole & District Hospital by December 2008.
14-Sep-2007
Breakthrough Breast Cancer has unveiled plans to open three £5m breast cancer research centres in Edinburgh, Manchester and London next year.
13-Sep-2007
Neuro Partners is looking to double the 75-strong workforce at its Newcastle-based rehabilitation support business, in order to expand operations into Yorkshire, Carlisle and the Tees Valley.
13-Sep-2007
Claimar Care has acquired Boundary Care, the Lancashire-based domiciliary care provider with 37 staff, for £0.3m.
11-Sep-2007
Stonelea Healthcare, the County Durham-based care home operator, has been acquired by Public Service Properties Investments of Guernsey for £24m.
07-Sep-2007
South Shropshire District Council is to consider plans from Morris Care of Shrewsbury for the conversion of Stretton Hall Hotel into a 42-bedroom care home, with the creation of 62 jobs.
05-Sep-2007
Cerner, the supplier of healthcare IT systems, is to set up a 25,000 sq ft office at Paddington Central in London, having dropped plans to relocate to Chiswick Park.
05-Sep-2007
W&J Dunlop, the Dumfries-based veterinary supplies firm with 450 staff, has been acquired by Henry Schein of the US for undisclosed terms.
31-Aug-2007
Diploma has acquired a 75% stake in AMT Vantage Holdings, the Canadian distributor of electrosurgery and endoscopy equipment with 32 staff, for up to £14m.
29-Aug-2007
Medical Waste Solutions has secured £1.4m of funding to build its first clinical waste recycling plant for Nottingham University Hospitals.
29-Aug-2007
Southampton General Hospital is to invest £5m in the expansion of its blood disorder unit.
29-Aug-2007
Claimar Care has acquired Lynks Care, the Luton-based domiciliary care provider with 32 staff, for £0.5m.
27-Aug-2007
NHS North West has received government approval for the £60m reorganisation of maternity care across Greater Manchester, with the creation of three "super centres" in Salford, Bury and Trafford by 2011.
27-Aug-2007
Supporta Care has won a contract from Nottinghamshire County Council for the supply of home care services to elderly residents across the county, which will create about 30 jobs.
24-Aug-2007
The University of Worcester has announced plans to develop a new £7m allergy research centre, in order to expand its National Pollen & Aerobiology Research Unit.
21-Aug-2007
Nord Anglia Education is to sell its Leapfrog Nurseries business to the Busy Bees subsidiary of ABC Learning Centres for £31m, with the transfer of 88 nurseries and 2,500 staff.
14-Aug-2007
Morgan Stanley has acquired a 90% stake in 15 assisted-living nursing homes from Sunrise Senior Living for £539m.
07-Aug-2007
Servoca has acquired Windsor Recruitment, the provider of recruitment services for qualified nurses, care assistants and social workers with 60 staff, out of administration.
02-Aug-2007
CareTech Holdings has acquired Community Support Project for £11m, in order to expand its learning disability care services business.
27-Jul-2007
Corin's is to create 38 manufacturing jobs in Cirencester, having won approval to sell its new hip resurfacing joint in the US.
18-Jul-2007
Liverpool Primary Care Trust is planning to invest £100m in new health facilities across the city by 2014, including three NHS treatment centres and 25 super surgeries, while up to 200 extra doctors and nurses will be recruited over the next year.
18-Jul-2007
Covenant Healthcare has won planning permission to build a new £6m hospital next to Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle, and 50 staff will relocate from the Abbey Caldew Hospital.
17-Jul-2007
Options Group has won outline planning permission to build an autism hospital at the Shortwood Business Park in Barnsley, with the creation of 250 jobs.
17-Jul-2007
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is planning to invest £30m improving hospital facilities in Preston and Chorley over the next year.
13-Jul-2007
NHS London has announced proposals to build up to 150 super-surgeries across London over the next ten years, in order to provide better access to family doctors, dentists, pharmacies and mental services.
12-Jul-2007
NHS Grampian has announced plans for the £2m expansion of Fraserburgh Hospital, as part of a strategy to develop new diagnostic and treatment centres in Aberdeenshire.
10-Jul-2007
Devon County Council is in discussions with Shaw Healthcare Group about plans for a £100m investment in care services across the county, including the development of 700 residential beds and 350 extra care housing units.
05-Jul-2007
System C Healthcare has acquired IQ Systems Services, the Dorset-based supplier of patient management systems, for up to £2.2m.
04-Jul-2007
Claimar Care Group is to acquire Acorn Home Care, the domiciliary care provider with 14 branches and 600 staff, for an initial £10m.
03-Jul-2007
Asquith Nurseries, the chain of 113 children's nurseries, has been acquired by Dawnay Day and Swordfish Investments for £95m.
02-Jul-2007
Orchard Care Homes, the Leeds-based chain of 26 care homes, is to undergo a £175m management buy-out, and has sold a £70m portfolio of six properties to Invista and Prestigic Holdings in a sale-and-leaseback deal.
28-Jun-2007
Barnsley Community Solutions has awarded a £8.8m contract to Bluestone to build two primary care centres in Cudworth and Grimethorpe by 2008.
28-Jun-2007
Glasgow City Council and NHS Greater Glasgow are planning to build a £13m environmentally-friendly health centre in Govan, including nursing, social care, chiropody and other services.
26-Jun-2007
Centres of Clinical Excellence has acquired the Nottingham NHS Treatment Centre, the £46m health centre that is due to open at the Queen's Medical Centre in December.
21-Jun-2007
Bupa is to sell 26 hospitals to Cinven for £1.44bn, with the transfer of 5,800 staff, in order to focus on insurance, care homes and home healthcare.
19-Jun-2007
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly PCT is planning to invest £35m in the modernisation of health services, including new community health centres in Truro and Penzance.
18-Jun-2007
Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Trust has appointed John Laing to design, build and operate a £75m mental health centre to replace St Luke's in Middlesbrough by 2010.
15-Jun-2007
Davis Service has acquired the sterile medical consumables and decontamination operations of InHealth for £43m.
13-Jun-2007
Mears has acquired Claremont Golcar, the Lancashire-based provider of domiciliary care services under the name of Britannia Care, for up to £1.1m, in order to expand its Careforce subsidiary.
08-Jun-2007
Southern Cross Healthcare has acquired Avery Healthcare, the chain of 15 care homes in the North East, for £96m.
08-Jun-2007
Allied Irish Bank is to help fund a £24m investment by Ladhar Group in the development of six purpose-built nursing homes in Yorkshire and one in Sunderland.
08-Jun-2007
Prime Life has acquired three care homes in Lincolnshire and Leicestershire from Collegia Care for £5m, and plans to invest a further £40m in acquisitions and new developments across the country over the next few years.
07-Jun-2007
Lancashire Care NHS Trust is to invest £150m in new mental health centres in East Lancashire, Lancaster, Blackpool and Central Lancashire, in order to stop providing such facilities on general hospital sites.
05-Jun-2007
Medicsight is to raise £30m in a flotation on Aim to fund the expansion of its business supplying software for medical scanners.
04-Jun-2007
The Department of Health has announced a £67m fund to invest in the refurbishment of up to 7,000 care homes for older people across England.
01-Jun-2007
Williams Medical Supplies, the South Wales-based distributor of medical products to the primary care sector, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
25-May-2007
The Department of Health has announced that the NHS has been allocated £8bn to invest in new health services over the next 12 months, including schemes such as a £8m health centre in Newcastle and a £3.2m renal unit at Doncaster Royal Infirmary.
18-May-2007
Park Homes UK has announced plans for the £7m expansion of the St Andrews Nursing Home in Hawick, including a new 60-bed care facility and the creation of 100 jobs.
18-May-2007
Surgical Innovations has raised £4m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its Leeds-based surgical devices business.
18-May-2007
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust has unveiled proposals to centralise its health facilities at a new £1bn health campus in Watford by 2016, including a 510-bed acute facility with teaching and training facilities.
17-May-2007
Multi Group is to acquire Dream Group, the provider of outsourcing solutions to the healthcare, education and policing sectors, for £5.5m.
17-May-2007
Conwy & Denbighshire NHS Trust is planning to set up a new child and adolescent mental health unit at Abergele in Conwy by 2009.
15-May-2007
Smith & Nephew has acquired BlueSky Medical Group, the US developer of wound treatments, for up to £55m.
14-May-2007
WPP has acquired WestawayGillis Consulting, the High Wycombe-based healthcare communications company with 30 staff and annual turnover of £3.3m.
07-May-2007
Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has approved plans for the £23m refurbishment of the North Devon District Hospital in Barnstaple.
03-May-2007
Company Health Group has acquired Cheviot Artus, the Skipton-based occupational health consultancy, for an initial £0.7m.
26-Apr-2007
Healthcare Locums is to acquire JCJ Locums, the supplier of doctors to NHS hospitals throughout the country, for £5.5m.
24-Apr-2007
NHS Lanarkshire has won Scottish Executive approval to build a £25m health and social care centre in Airdrie by 2009.
16-Apr-2007
Strontium has acquired MiAD UK, the Sevenoaks-based provider of management training services to doctors with six staff, for an initial £0.2m.
13-Apr-2007
Bristol Primary Care Trust is to build a £45m privately-financed community hospital in Hengrove Park by 2009, as part of a £50m government investment in community hospitals and super-surgeries across the country.
13-Apr-2007
Claimar Care Group has acquired Jemma Care, the Deeside-based domiciliary care provider with 60 staff, for up to £1.2m.
11-Apr-2007
Bupa is in preliminary discussions over the sale of its 26 hospitals, which could raise up to £1.2bn to invest in its health insurance and care homes business.
09-Apr-2007
Acorn Home Care of Nottingham has acquired Twenty4Seven Homecare of Salford and Stockwell Care Services of the Cotswolds, creating a combined social services home care business with about 700 staff.
09-Apr-2007
Bury Primary Care Trust is to set up a 45,000 sq ft medical centre at the £75m Townside Fields scheme, and construction work is due to start this summer.
05-Apr-2007
Southern Cross Healthcare is to acquire 29 care homes that were operated by Focus Healthcare Group for a nominal sum, taking its total network to 640 sites.
03-Apr-2007
Cello Group has acquired The MSI Consultancy, the Surrey-based healthcare marketing consultancy, for an initial £5.7m.
02-Apr-2007
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust is to acquire the Good Hope Hospital in Birmingham, creating a combined trust with almost 10,000 staff.
02-Apr-2007
The School of Tropical Medicine in Liverpool has secured £12m from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to carry out research at its new Centre for Tropical & Infectious Diseases due to open later this year.
29-Mar-2007
Care UK is to acquire the Mercury Health division of Tribal for £77m, in order to expand its network of primary care and fast-track surgery centres.
27-Mar-2007
Relate is to set up a relationship support call centre in Doncaster by the end of 2008, with the creation of more than 100 jobs, having secured £3.2m funding from Yorkshire Forward.
27-Mar-2007
Rotherham Primary Care Trust is seeking permission to build a primary care centre at the former Bestobell Valves site in Greasbrough Street, with the creation of up to 50 jobs.
21-Mar-2007
One Medical has agreed a deal with Yorkshire Bank to fund a £30m investment in the development of primary care centres across the country.
16-Mar-2007
The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust is to set up a 14-bed brain injuries unit at Goole & District Hospital, with work starting in August.
13-Mar-2007
Smith & Nephew has acquired Plus Orthopedics, the Swiss manufacturer of replacement hips and knees, for £460m.
13-Mar-2007
TG Eakin is to acquire Pelican Healthcare, the Cardiff-based supplier of disposable medical products, for undisclosed terms.
07-Mar-2007
Mears has acquired Careforce, the Stevenage-based care services provider with 28 branches, for £22m.
06-Mar-2007
North Glamorgan NHS Trust has won approval from the Welsh Assembly for the development of a new £64m community hospital in Mountain Ash by 2010.
05-Mar-2007
Leeds Dental Institute is planning a £14m investment in new facilities, in order to double the number of students by 2010.
02-Mar-2007
Patientline is to sell its Dutch hospital communications business to a management team for £8.6m, in order to focus on the UK.
02-Mar-2007
Southern Cross Healthcare has acquired Life Style Care, the owner of leasehold interests in 23 London-based elderly care homes with 1,737 beds and gross assets of £12m.
28-Feb-2007
Paragon (UK), the Chorley-based care services provider with 230 staff, has secured a £30m private equity investment from ISIS to fund a management buy-out and expansion plans.
27-Feb-2007
The State Hospitals Board for Scotland is to consider bids from Miller, Skanska and Laing O'Rourke to build a new £50m high-security hospital on the site of the State Hospital in Carstairs.
22-Feb-2007
Reed Shilling Healthcare, the Didcot-based supplier of disposable wipes with 32 staff, has been acquired by Synergy Healthcare for undisclosed terms.
14-Feb-2007
Bolton Council has approved plans for the development of a £12m Alastair Ross Health Centre in Fold Lane by the end of next year, the first of a series of new centres due to be built by 2013.
13-Feb-2007
Adventis Group has acquired LeapFrog Medical Communications, the Surrey-based medical education company, for up to £2.6m.
07-Feb-2007
Virgin is planning to set up a chain of Virgin Medical Centres, in order to provide modern facilities for groups of GPs.
05-Feb-2007
Mercury Health is planning to operate a new mini-hospital at Festival Leisure Park in Basildon from next autumn, creating 400 jobs, as part of a £36m contract to provide health services across Essex.
02-Feb-2007
Coventry University has won approval to set up a £4.5m Health Design & Technology Institute by 2008, in order to help companies develop products to improve community healthcare and manage health at home.
01-Feb-2007
NHS Fife has awarded a £152m contract to the Consort consortium to build and operate a major extension to the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy by 2010.
19-Jan-2007
Moorcroft Developments, the Uttoxeter-based learning disabilities company that trades as Moorcare, has been acquired by Rushcliffe Care of Loughborough.
18-Jan-2007
Sue Ryder Care has announced proposals to build a new home for the terminally ill in the grounds of Thorpe Hall in Peterborough, at a cost of up to £5m.
15-Jan-2007
Ashley House has raised £5m in a share placing on Aim to fund the development of new GP surgeries.
15-Jan-2007
Sunrise Senior Living of the US is considering plans to invest £500m in the development of up to 18 nursing home centres in the UK, in partnership with Prudential Financial.
15-Jan-2007
Sue Ryder Care is to invest up to £10m in the development of a brain injury rehabilitation service at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge over the next five years.
12-Jan-2007
LS Care is planning to expand its homecare services this year, with the opening of two new offices in Carlisle and North Yorkshire and the creation of 130 jobs.
12-Jan-2007
Royal Bolton Hospital is to invest £12m in the expansion of its services over the next four years, including intensive care, heart surgery, neonatal, maternity and children's services.
09-Jan-2007
Isle of Wight Council and the Primary Care Trust are considering plans to set up a joint headquarters, but a suitable site has not yet been identified.
08-Jan-2007
Hereward Care Services has secured a funding package from NatWest to expand its domiciliary and residential care services across the East of England.
03-Jan-2007
International Medical Devices has acquired ProCare, the Selby-based supplier of feeding suction systems to the NHS with 22 staff, for £3m, as well as Minster Medical, the Selby-based supplier of catheters, for £0.5m.
02-Jan-2007
Accantia Group has sold its Lil-lets hygiene products business to a management buy-out backed by Electra Partners for £27m.
02-Jan-2007
Primary Health Properties is to acquire CHH, the owner of nine primary healthcare facilities across the country, for £39m.
02-Jan-2007
Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust has selected the Equion consortium to build the proposed £300m hospital at Pembury, and work is due to start in autumn 2007.
02-Jan-2007
NHS Greater Glasgow has won planning permission to build a £7m 24-bed mental health unit on the new Stobhill Hospital site by summer 2008.
02-Jan-2007
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking permission for the £14m expansion of Watford General Hospital, with work expected to start in mid-2007.
02-Jan-2007