BUPA price rise will impact on PMI premiums
Healthcare Market News (News) February 1999As BUPA's insurance arm (BUPA Partnership) completes the negotiation of discounted prices with hospital providers included on its preferred...
BCWA relaunches discounts package
Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) February 1999BCWA Healthcare has reviewed the discounts it offers in an attempt to attract new customers to private medical...
St Martins seeks greater corporate identity
Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998St Martins Hospitals Ltd has relaunched itself as St Martins Healthcare Ltd, in an attempt to portray a more...
New strategy to tackle £150m fraud
Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998Health Minister Alan Milburn this month launched a new strategy to clamp down on fraud in the National Health...
Barnsley mental health services criticised
A Social Services Inspectorate (SSI) report has criticised the provision of mental health services by Barnsley social services department after an inspection undertaken in...
St Vincents withdraws from acute market
Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998St Vincents Orthopaedic Hospital in Pinner, Middlesex, has confirmed that it has ceased carrying out orthopaedic surgery. The hospital...
Midwives
Healthcare Market News (Parliament) December 1998The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 9 November 1998 at column 82) what is the current...
Barking & Dagenham in joint mental health scheme
Barking and Dagenham council has teamed up with Barking, Havering and Brentwood Community Health Care Trust to jointly manage local mental health services.Earlier this...
Consumers’ Association targets consultants’ private work
Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998The Consumers' Association has called for a review of the influence of private practice on NHS waiting lists and...
Part-time nurses
Healthcare Market News (Parliament) December 1998The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 9 November 1998 at column 83) what proportion of nurses...