Nordic Business Report-September 11, 2006-Capio Healthcare UK selected as preferred bidder for Cumbria & Lancashire
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Swedish health and medical care group Capio AB said on Monday (11 September) that its subsidiary Capio Healthcare UK had been awarded 'preferred bidder' status in the UK Government's Phase 2 elective surgery scheme for the locality of Cumbria & Lancashire.
The scheme is one of the elective schemes issued to date in Phase 2 of the ISTC programme.
The total value of the electives programme is expected to be GBP550m per annum, when complete. This will allow NHS patients to benefit from a wider choice of facilities in which they can receive elective surgical procedures.
The total predicted investment in equipment and some upgrading of wards amounts to approximately GBP7.7m.
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