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18-week wait
Peter Bone asked (23 February 2009: Column 217W) how many breaches of the 18-week maximum waiting time from GP referral to treatment there have...
ISTC staffing
Peter Bone asked (23 February 2009: Column 239W) whether people may be recruited to work in independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) if they have...
WIHA concerned by Assemby’s proposals
A consultation is now underway on proposals to limit the number of patients that can be accommodated in independent mental health hospitals in Wales.Under...
Standard Life to enter international market
Standard Life Healthcare is planning to enter the international insurance market later this year as UK sales growth slows under the ailing economy.The plans...
ISTCs
Peter Bone asked (9 February 2009: Column 1764W) how many GP referrals to independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) there were in each year since...
Mental health tariff
Andrew Lansley asked (24 February 2009: Column 660W) with reference to the tariff uplift breakdown for 2009/10, published by the Department of Health on...
NHS top ups
Lindsay Hoyle asked (10 February 2009: Column 1936W) what steps will be taken to ensure that the arrangements for patients to pay privately for...
Managed care in the US
Pioneered by the rapid growth in health maintenance organisations (HMOs) following the eponymous legislation of 1973, managed care plans came to the fore in...
Obesity surgery in the NHS soars by 40%
The amount of ‘bariatric surgery’ carried out by the NHS to treat obesity soared by 40% last year, according to figures published by The...
Legal case could force direct payments
Ministers could be forced to push through moves to enable NHS patients to purchase their own healthcare if judges rule in favour of two...
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