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Prime Health extends helpline to company schemes

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) March 1998Prime Health has announced that it is extending its helpline service to corporate customers. The new service came...

Mind launches inquiry into social exclusion

Mind has launched a national inquiry into the social exclusion of people with mental health problems, following earlier evidence produced by the charity that...

New therapy seeking conventional medical approval

Healthcare Market News (News) March 1998Medicur (UK) Limited is investing £250,000 in an attempt to gain official medical recognition from the Federal Drugs Authority...

BUPA launches customer service initiative

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) March 1998BUPA has announced details of a £50m customer service campaign. The three-year programme aims to simplify and improve...

24-Hour nursed care

Secretary of State for Health Frank Dobson recently cast doubt on the success of the policy of care in the community for people with...

Clinical Standards Advisory Group report on cleft lip and palate

Healthcare Market News (News) March 1998The Department of Health has published a report by the Clinical Standards Advisory Group (CSAG) on cleft lip and/or...

Legal & General expands on medical guide

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) March 1998Legal & General Healthcare has launched its second set of six medical cards designed to create a better...

District nurses

The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 23 January 1998 at column 724) what action is being taken to increase the provision...

Action to reduce medical negligence claims

Healthcare Market News (News) March 1998Health Secretary Frank Dobson has promised action to reduce the number of claims for medical negligence against NHS hospitals,...

Clinicare claims 50% growth in 1997

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) March 1998Clinicare is claiming a 50% growth in group membership over the course of 1997, against average sector growth...