William M Mercer and SNL merger confirmed
Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 1998William M Mercer has confirmed that its planned merger with Sedgwick Noble Lowndes, reported last month in HMN,...
Government publishes mental health strategy
Secretary of State for Health Frank Dobson this month announced the government's proposals to modernise mental health services. The proposals are set out in...
Contract win for HCI
Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998HCI Medical Centre has won contracts worth £5m per year from Algeria. The hospital is also setting up a...
PPP defends premium increases
Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 1998Premium rates on PPP Healthcare's Extensive policy have been increased by 56%. However, PPP Healthcare has defended the...
Call for rational not rationed approach to prescribing
The National Schizophrenia Fellowship (NSF) is calling for a more rational policy on prescribing atypical neuroleptics for people with schizophrenia following research which showed...
Targets missed in Benefits Agency Medical Services
Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998Social Security minister Angela Eagle confirmed this month that the Sema Group, which won the contract to take on...
Complaint against HSA upheld
Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 1998The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint against a direct mail campaign undertaken by HSA Healthcare....
Training Support Programme
The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 17 November 1998 at column 565) what resources will be made available to the Training...
NHS hospital working with BUPA
Healthcare Market News (News) November 1998BUPA has reached an agreement with the East Surrey NHS Hospital in Redhill which will allow accident and emergency...
BT launches appointments management system
Healthcare Market News (News) November 1998BT has launched a new telephone appointments management system which it claims could save the NHS up to £275m.Patients...
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