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Corporate dentistry takes leap forward

Healthcare Market News (News) October 1998Boots the Chemists announced this month that it has acquired one of only 27 dental bodies corporate (DBCs) which...

Guardian / PPP restructuring

Healthcare Market News (News) October 1998Guardian Royal Exchange has completed the comprehensive review of its healthcare division, following the acquisition of PPP healthcare in...

Market review forecasts 20% share for NHS

Healthcare Market News (News) October 1998The Fitzhugh Directory of Independent Healthcare and Long Term Care, published this month, claims that the NHS is on...

Heart Hospital opens its doors

Healthcare Market News (News) October 1998The first new private hospital in London for 12 years this month opened its doors. The Heart Hospital, construction...

£320m promised to keep NHS waiting lists falling

Healthcare Market News (News) October 1998The Department of Health has published figures showing the number of people on waiting lists at end August 1998....

£50m plan to tackle nurse shortages

Healthcare Market News (News) October 1998Alan Milburn, health minister, this month revealed details of a £50m recruitment plan to tackle immediately nursing shortages in...

Dementia

The Secretary of State for Scotland was asked (Hansard 14 July 1998 at column 145) what estimate has been made of the number of...

Dental Services

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) August 1998The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 30 July 1998 at column 510) how many dentists currently...

Mental health to go ‘third way’

The government has set out its plans for the future development of mental health services, describing its approach as neither care in the community...

Acute and rehabilitative care

The government was asked (House of Lords Hansard 27 July 1998 at column WA156) what assessment has been made of the amount of acute...