Drugs budget
Healthcare Market News (Parliament) June 1998The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 1 June 1998 at column 130) what was the gross...
OFT issues final warning to health insurers
Healthcare Market News (News) June 1998The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has threatened the health insurance industry with tighter statutory control if it fails...
NHS drugs (prices)
Healthcare Market News (Parliament) June 1998The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 2 June 1998 at column 177) what mechanisms exist to...
Private emergency service opens
Healthcare Market News (News) June 1998The UK's first private 24-hour emergency service opened this month at the Manor House Hospital in Golders Green, North...
Guide to complementary medicine
Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) June 1998Western Provident Association (WPA) has published a booklet listing qualified complementary therapists in the UK. The booklet provides...
Surgicare offers self-pay option
Healthcare Market News (News) June 1998Surgicare is promoting self-pay options as an alternative to private medical insurance for treatments carried out at its clinics....
IPT challenge awaits verdict
Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) June 1998The Manchester & Salford Hospital Saturday Fund is awaiting the outcome of its appeal to a VAT and...
Users report discrimination from colleagues
A study carried out on behalf of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has found that mental health professionals who are also users of services frequently...
Waiting lists
Healthcare Market News (Parliament) May 1998The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 8 April 1998 at column 364) what guidance has been...
Joint working for Lewisham
Mental health professionals from Lewisham & Guy's Mental Health NHS Trust and Lewisham social services have agreed to pool resources to form integrated community...