Postcode lottery of dental provision

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) June 2004A paper published in the International Journal of Health Geographics has sparked fresh calls for the Department of Health...

Doctors told to curb caesarean on demand

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2004NHS trusts have been warned to halt the growing trend for caesarean sections on demand. Guidance issued by the...

PHP deal

Healthcare Market News (Public Private Partnerships) June 2004Primary Health Properties plc (PHP) has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Primary Health Investment Properties Limited...

Hospital criticised over patient’s suicide

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) June 2004The Cheadle Royal Hospital in Stockport has been criticised by an independent inquiry over a patient's suicide. Mr...

Trusts ill prepared for Working Time Directive

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2004Almost a quarter of NHS hospitals are unlikely to comply safely with the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) in...

Workplace absence rises for first time since 1998

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) June 2004Workplace absence has increased for the first time in five years from 166m days in 2002 to 176m...

Government steps up measures to halt health tourism

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2004GPs could be given powers to charge overseas visitors, including failed asylum seekers, for their services under new proposals...

Independent Healthcare Forum distances itself from IHA

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2004The newly formed Independent Healthcare Forum (IHF) has intimated that it intends to steer clear of politics to concentrate...

BUPA International secures major contract in US

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) June 2004BUPA International has secured a contract with GE Electric (GE) - a US based company whose interests include...

Overspending trusts put NHS finances in jeopardy

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2004The number of NHS organisations running at a deficit has increased despite record investment, according to a report by...