Third report from Medical Workforce Standing Advisory Committee published
Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997The Department of Health has published the third report of the Medical Workforce Standing Advisory Committee (MWSAC) on their...
Guardian Royal Exchange to acquire PPP Healthcare
Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997Guardian Royal Exchange has confirmed this month that it is to acquire the entire issued share capital in PPP...
Future lies with managed care
Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997A new report published by The Economist Intelligence Unit argues that managed care remains the best way of controlling...
White paper spells out end for internal market
Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997The government has published its long awaited White Paper on the NHS, paving the way for the abolition of...
NHS Trusts move away from PRP
Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997A recently published survey of pay awards for senior managers in the NHS shows that trusts in England are...
Clinical effectiveness can be routine
Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997Clinical effectiveness can become routine practice if everyone involved in healthcare is supported to participate in its development, according...
NHS secrecy to be ‘swept aside’
Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997NHS bodies can no longer withhold information from other parts of the NHS by claiming it is 'commercial in...
Private Finance Initiative
Healthcare Market News (Parliament) December 1997The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 11 November at column 543) what progress is being made...
GP Fundholding and the private sector
Healthcare Market News (Parliament) December 1997The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 11 November at column 542) how many patients were referred...
Hospital waiting lists
Healthcare Market News (Parliament) December 1997The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 24 November at column 426) what plans there are to...