GPs in driving seat as government makes contract concessions

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2003The UK's 43,000 GPs look likely to accept new government contract proposals, after negotiators won a number of last-minute...

NHS internal market still immature

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2003The internal market within the NHS that the Conservative government introduced in 1991 continues to exist. However, while current...

Axa PPP turns to individual PMI underwriting

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) June 2003More than two years after BUPA unveiled the UK's first individually tailored private medical insurance (PMI) scheme, Axa...

NHS turns to BUPA cervical screening technique

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2003A cervical cancer screening test used at the BUPA hospital in Bristol could soon be adopted nationwide by the...

Sales of protection policies make good progress in 2002

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) June 2003Swiss Re Life & Health's annual benchmark analysis of new life and health insurance sales to UK consumers...

Police gets £19m for occupational health

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2003The government has earmarked £19m for police forces in England and Wales to spend on occupational health (OH) in...

BUPA first to offer pain relief cancer drug

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) June 2003BUPA is to become the first insurer to make Zometa, a new pain relief drug for advanced cancer,...

Private providers get 40% of DTC work – but do they want it?

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2003The government has set a target of 285,000 extra NHS operations to be carried out in diagnostic and treatment...

NHS Direct scoops EC internet award

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2003NHS Direct's website was one of the four winners of the first e-health awards organised by the European Commission....

BCWA budget scheme

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) June 2003BCWA Healthcare has launched a new budget private medical insurance (PMI) scheme called Accessible Private Health Cover. The...