AXA PPP profits down

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) June 2005AXA PPP Healthcare has reported a fall in profits for the year to 31 December 2004.Despite a 2.5%...

Hospitals to be prosecuted for hygiene failures

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2005Hospital managers could face criminal prosecution if they fail to maintain new hygiene codes designed to eradicate infection by...

Patients’ Aid Association struggles

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) June 2005Patients' Aid Association, the small Midlands based charity which provides healthcare cash benefit plans, struggled in 2004 finishing...

Sacked surgeon claims he was assisted by unregistered doctor

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2005An orthopaedic surgeon who was sacked by Capio Healthcare in January has claimed he was assisted in an operation...

PPP targets over 55’s

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) June 2005AXA PPP has launched a new low-cost PMI policy designed specifically for the over 55's and aimed at...

Funding shake up called for by think tank

A system based on Direct Payments should be introduced for mental health patients in order to give them greater choice over the treatment types...

Charity slams youth mental healthcare

A report published by mental welfare charity the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities has said that more must be done to ensure young...

Nestor current trading

Prior to its AGM on 28 April 2005, Nestor Healthcare Group plc gave a trading update on its current performance. Fortunately, compared to recent...

First dedicated eating disorder centre for Wales

Newly formed Welsh company Trevillian Care Services has announced plans to open a residential centre in Cardiff this autumn for people with eating disorders.Just...

Healthcare to suffer from new tax rules?

On 4 March the Inland Revenue announced significant changes to the rules on transfer pricing and corporate debt rules, which will affect the tax...