Lords debate foundation bill

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2003The Health and Social Care (community standards) Bill, which provides for foundation hospitals to be set up, returned to...

Care UK to run new independent sector treatment centres

Residential and nursing home provider Care UK plc has been named by the Department of Health (DoH) as one of the preferred bidders to...

BUPA increases anaesthetist fees

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2003BUPA has increased the patient benefit paid for five anaesthetic categories by between £10 and £96 each. The move,...

Overseas Nurses

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) April 2003Paul Burstow asked the Secretary of State for Health (6 March 2003: Column 1215W) what discussions the Department of...

DoH makes progress on cancelled ops

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2003Department of Health (DoH) figures released last month have shown that between April and June, a total of 14,092...

New entrant for UK PMI market

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) October 2003A new company called PatientChoice Ltd has entered the UK personal medical insurance (PMI) market, aiming to offer...

£62.5m more for NHS dentistry

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) October 2003Health Minister Rosie Winterton has announced a further £62.5m to improve access to and the quality of NHS dental...

Homegrown nurse numbers down

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2003Almost half the nurses starting work in the UK each year come from abroad, a study by the Royal...

Ex-Clinicare boss Andrews in Goodhealth

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) October 2003Goodhealth Worldwide, the international health insurance provider, is launching into the UK private medical insurance sector in the...

Glossy campaign spearheads NHS challenge to private sector

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2003The NHS has posed another threat to traditional independent sector hospitals with an initiative by a group of NHS...