Emergency admissions and elective surgery
Healthcare Market News (Parliament) December 1997The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 20 November at column 319) by what criteria the government...
Court of Appeal judgment on informal admissions
The Court of Appeal has ruled that a 48-year-old autistic man who was unable to speak was unlawfully detained in a psychiatric hospital after...
Opposition to consultant partnership continues
Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997The British Medical Association (BMA) and the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) are continuing to advise their members...
Abbey National enters PMI market
Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 1997Abbey National, the UK's fifth largest bank, has launched a private medical insurance scheme, offering two options to...
Healthy eating can lessen risk of Alzheimer’s
The results of latest research carried out by St George's Hospital Medical School in London, funded by Research into Ageing, suggest that high blood...
NHS to reclaim traffic accident costs
Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997The NHS will take action to claw back millions of pounds owed to hospitals by insurance companies following road...
BUPA intermediary training
Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 1997BUPA has launched an interactive computer-based training programme as the centrepiece of an education programme for its HealthSelect...
Nursing Homes
The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 12 November at column 595) if plans for all inspection reports for nursing homes to...
Anaesthesia services could be improved
Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997The Audit Commission has published a report criticising hospitals' management of anaesthesia services. Improved communications and more flexible staffing...
Prime Health pledges support for intermediaries
Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 1997Prime Health, the fourth largest private medical insurer has also pledged its support for intermediaries this month with...
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