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BCWA boosts dental plan

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) August 1998BCWA Healthcare has frozen the cost of premiums on its Confident Dental Health Cover, but is increasing many...

PFI hospital for Calderdale

Healthcare Market News (News) August 1998Calderdale Healthcare NHS Trust has this month completed negotiations to build a new 614-bed hospital, funded through the Private...

HSA Healthcare adds benefits

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) August 1998HSA Healthcare has announced improvements to the benefits available on its HSA SuperPlan. From 1 October 1998 the...

Free eye tests

The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 19 June 1998 at column 338) to estimate the cost of providing free sight tests...

Mental health

The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 29 June 1998 at column 40) which of the components of the NHS will make...

Arcadia in hands of receivers

The Arcadia Healthcare plc group of homes has gone into voluntary receivership. The group owned eight homes with 450 beds and had a total...

Ruling prompts call for review of law

The House of Lords has overturned a Court of Appeal ruling that hospitals and nursing homes should not be allowed to detain vulnerable patients...

Employment prospects buoyant

Healthcare Market News (News) July 1998Manpower's survey of employment prospects for the third quarter of 1998 reports that prospects for private healthcare are positive...

Missed appointments

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) July 1998The government was asked (House of Lords Hansard 11 June 1998 at column 1146) in how many cases a...

NHS 50th anniversary

Healthcare Market News (News) July 1998The government this month made a series of announcements to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the NHS. The...