Rise in GP out-of-hours complaints

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2003Complaints about GPs' out-of-hours care have risen five-fold over the past seven years, it has emerged.According to a Medical...

1,000 Scots in line for private treatment in England?

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2003About 1,000 NHS patients in Scotland could be sent to private hospitals in England if their health trust fails...

FSA highlights regulatory timetable

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) October 2003The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has called on insurers to pay heed to the timetable it has set...

NHS to recruit foreign dentists

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) October 2003The Department of Health (DoH) is planning to recruit a significant number of dentists from overseas in a bid...

PFI round-up

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2003* The Scottish NHS trust which built the country's biggest private finance initiative (PFI) funded hospital, the Royal Infirmary in...

BUPA International Shell expat contract

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) October 2003BUPA International has won the contract to provide a bespoke international health insurance product for the majority of...

GPs struggling as dentist shortage bites

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) October 2003GPs are being burdened with extra work due to a shortage of NHS dentists across the UK. A growing...

Ex-Corporate Services bosses jailed

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2003Two former directors of Corporate Services Group, parent of the Blue Arrow recruitment agency, were both given custodial sentences...

Laser Eye Surgery

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) April 2003Chris Ruane asked the Secretary of State for Health (10 March 2003: Column 103W) what further plans he has...

New orthopaedic wing for Horder Centre

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2003The Horder Centre has opened a new theatre wing, housing two orthopaedic theatres, equipped to carry out joint replacements....