Pilots launched to test 24-hour telephone advice line
Healthcare Market News (News) April 1998Three telephone health advice lines known as NHS Direct, offering callers the opportunity to consult trained nurses round-the-clock for...
Nestor buys
Healthcare Market News (Company News) April 1998Nestor Healthcare Group plc announced this month that it has purchased the goodwill of Ace Medical and Nursing...
Revised booklet on complaints
Healthcare Market News (News) April 1998The United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (UKCC) has published a revised 2nd edition of...
Bank management contracts
Healthcare Market News (Company News) April 1998Nestor Healthcare has been awarded two major contracts with NHS trust hospitals. These are:* Guy's & St Thomas' NHS...
Managed care could improve quality
Healthcare Market News (News) April 1998The Office of Health Economics (OHE) has published a report by Dr Peter West, senior lecturer in Health Economics,...
Boots launches health insurance products
Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) April 1998Boots The Chemists (BTC) has announced the launch of a range of nine health and travel insurance products....
Norwich Union launches award scheme
Healthcare Market News (News) April 1998Norwich Union Healthcare is sponsoring the Hospital Hero Award which aims to pay tribute to volunteers and non-medical staff...
Executive HealthCare link up with Physicians’ Health Plan
Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) April 1998Executive HealthCare, the healthcare administration subsidiary of ERC Frankona has announced that it has acquired a significant shareholding...
Job prospects slow in private healthcare
Healthcare Market News (News) April 1998Job prospects in private healthcare for the second quarter of 1998 have continued to decline against the comparative quarter...
Patient satisfaction for Prime Health
Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) April 1998Prime Health has received a vote of confidence from its customers, according to the findings of the recently...