New cash plan launched by Forester
Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) May 1999Forester Health has launched a new cash plan which offers three levels of care. Monthly premiums for the...
Specsavers enters dental market
Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) May 1999Optician group Specsavers has announced the purchase of one of the few remaining dental bodies corporate which will allow...
BCWA takes on PMI cover for Sark
Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) May 1999BCWA has won a contract to provide PMI cover for the Channel Island of Sark. The decision to...
Corporates continue to expand
Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) May 1999Corporate dentistry providers have continued to expand this month. Details are:* Boots has opened its second dentist practice under its...
Industry consults intermediaries
Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) May 1999The PMI industry's proposals in response to the two Office of Fair Trading reports were discussed at a...
CIGNA launches duty of care programme
Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) May 1999CIGNA has launched a new duty of care programme for dentists participating in its capitation scheme. It aims to...
Mental Health Act Commission makes second national visit
The Mental Health Act Commission has this month undertaken its second national inspection of mental health facilities which are registered to take patients detained...
£1m investment for Beardwood Hospital
Healthcare Market News (News) May 1999The BMI Beardwood Hospital in Blackburn, Lancashire, has announced plans to build a new £1m operating theatre. The new...
Inquiry recommends enforced treatment
Healthcare Market News (News) May 1999The Department of Health has published the interim report by the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by...
Further fall in NHS waiting lists
Healthcare Market News (News) May 1999NHS waiting lists fell by 47,000 in March, taking the total down to 1,073,000 - a fall of around...