£9m mental health unit for Oxfordshire
Health Minister Paul Boateng this month announced a new £9m mental health unit for Oxfordshire. The unit will be funded through the Private Finance...
Sinclair Montrose
Healthcare Market News (Company News) June 1998Rumours in the market state that Sinclair Montrose is currently in discussions to sell one of its core...
Group sets out recommendations
The Independent Reference Group set up to review the provision of mental health services and the proposed closure of long-stay hospitals has put forward...
Chiropody services
The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 1 June 1998 at column 132) what response has been made by the Department of...
Mental health services
The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 20 May 1998 at column 429) to make a statement on the means by which...
Learning disabled people
The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 5 June 1998 at column 408) what estimate has been made of the number of...
Small rise in GP numbers
Healthcare Market News (News) June 1998The number of General Practitioners in England rose by 0.9% between 1996 and 1997 and by an average of...
Drop in cancelled operations
Healthcare Market News (News) June 1998The government has seized on figures showing a fall in the number of cancelled NHS operations as evidence of...
Non-medical workforce statistics published
Healthcare Market News (News) June 1998The Department of Health has published the eighth annual statistical bulletin showing the number of non-medical staff employed in...
End to extra contractual referrals
Healthcare Market News (News) June 1998The Department of Health (DoH) has published proposals for new arrangements for one-off treatments or for treating patients who...