Partnerships for Lancashire
Lancashire county council's social services department is to outsource the provision of residential rehabilitation facilities for elderly people. The service will be part funded...
Concern over prescribing guidelines
Mental health charity SANE has expressed concern over new draft guidelines for prescribing medication for patients suffering from schizophrenia.The draft guidelines recommend that people...
NICE decision on flu drug
Healthcare Market News (News) October 1999The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has recommended that the flu drug Relenza, developed by Glaxo Wellcome, should...
GP protocols to tackle waiting lists
Healthcare Market News (News) October 1999John Denham, Minister for Health, this month announced he would be asking NICE to issue protocols to every practice...
£20m cash boost for cataract services
Healthcare Market News (News) October 1999The government this month announced a £20m cash injection to modernise cataract services, which aims to ensure quicker and...
Report predicts growth in aesthetic dentistry
Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) October 1999A report on the European dental market, published by Datamonitor, predicts that the European aesthetic and prosthetic market will...
Statement issued on pay systems
Healthcare Market News (News) October 1999 A joint statement on Agenda for Change - the government's proposals for modernising the NHS pay system -...
Abortion rate increases
Healthcare Market News (News) October 1999The number of legal abortions carried out in England and Wales in 1998 increased by 4.3% in 1998, according...
WPA launches high excess policy
Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) October 1999Western Provident Association (WPA) has launched a new health insurance product which it believes will make private medical...
Independent sector provides 14% of all elective surgery
Healthcare Market News (News) October 1999Independent hospitals provided 14% of all planned operations in 1997/98, according to research undertaken by Professor Brian Williams at...
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