Mutual to run Gloucester hospital?

Healthcare Market News (News) March 2004A community-owned mutual organisation has asked the Department of Health (DoH) for permission to take over the running of...

NHS land listed for open market sell-off

Healthcare Market News (News) March 2004NHS land has for the first time been included on a register of surplus land which can be put...

BUPA consultant satisfaction survey

Healthcare Market News (News) March 2004BUPA has released the results of its third annual nationwide survey of the opinions of over 1,600 consultants.According to...

Insurers to provide cover for EECP

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) February 2004Five major insurers have expanded their reimbursement structures to include enhanced external counterpulsation therapy (EECP). BUPA, Norwich Union,...

Crackdown on ‘health tourism’

Healthcare Market News (News) February 2004GPs are to be offered a cash incentive for reporting so-called 'health tourists' to government authorities, following a decision...

Welsh project wins award

A Welsh mental health and social services project has been given a national award at the Innovations in Care Conference. The project, Conwy and...

NHS Professionals overpayment mix-up

Healthcare Market News (News) February 2004NHS Professionals (NHSP) has asked nurses to pay back money to the organisation, after the NHS's in-house temporary staffing...

Health spending up to 7.7% of GDP

Healthcare Market News (News) February 2004 Spending on healthcare rose to more than £80bn in 2002 - 7.7% of gross domestic product...

Financial loan product

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) February 2004Independent financial intermediary Medi-Fi has launched a new financial loan product to help non-insured patients fund private medical...

Life Works addiction treatment centre

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) February 2004A new 24-bed addiction treatment centre has opened in Old Woking, Surrey, claiming to be one of the...