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New Patients Forums regulations
Healthcare Market News (News) December 2003Under new Department of Health regulations, primary care trusts are now required to incorporate new directions into the contracts...
Surgeons hit by BUPA threshold plans
Healthcare Market News (News) December 2003A row has broken out over controversial plans by BUPA to introduce strict auditing procedures and minimum thresholds for...
Navy could treat NHS patients in future
Healthcare Market News (News) December 2003The Royal Navy has commissioned Atkins Aviation & Defence Systems to design a new hospital ship which could be...
Overseas Treatment Scheme
Healthcare Market News (Parliament) December 2003Julian Brazier asked the Secretary of State for Health (18 November 2003: Column 868W) how many further operations have...
Government heeds concerns over Mental Health Bill
Parliament is to scrutinise the Mental Health Bill following weeks of criticism about the content of the legislation. Most recently the NHS Confederation said...
First ever policy to cover breast implants
Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 2003A new insurance policy which offers cover for breast implants has been launched by specialist broker Trafalgar Risk...
Mental Health detention figures
New figures on the number of patients formally detained under English mental health legislation have been released by the Department of Health (DoH). The...
Morpeth and Northumberland ombudsman report
The Local Government Ombudsman has criticised Northumberland County Council and Morpeth District Council for the treatment of a man discharged from hospital following a...
Second batch contract lined up
Healthcare Market News (News) December 2003A second batch of hospital projects worth between £85m and £145m is due to be advertised, including a number...
Nuffield redundancies due to sector-wide ‘wobble’
Healthcare Market News (News) December 2003Around 300 redundancies have been announced by Nuffield Hospitals, due to what the operator has described as a downturn...
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