BCWA relaunches corporate dental plan

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) April 2003BCWA has relaunched its comprehensive dental insurance scheme, Confident Dental Health Cover. The low cost corporate scheme now...

Agency costs continue to soar

Healthcare Market News (News) April 2003The cost of filling nursing vacancies in NHS hospitals with private agency staff continued to soar last year, despite...

Recruitment problems continue to hold back profits at IDH

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) April 2003Integrated Dental Holdings (IDH) has announced that the disappointing profits returned in the last financial year are likely to...

Lammy hails reform of NHS complaints

Healthcare Market News (News) April 2003The new Commission for Healthcare Audit Inspection (CHAI) will be responsible for independent reviews of complaints under reforms announced...

Cancelled operations

Healthcare Market News (News) April 2003The Department of Health (DoH) has published statistics on cancelled operations in NHS Trusts in England for the quarter...

Concordat activity remains flat despite government initiatives

Healthcare Market News (News) April 2003The number of NHS patients treated in the private sector has remained static during the past year despite the...

Strong growth in NHS PPU revenues for 2001/02

Healthcare Market News (News) April 2003NHS private patient units (PPUs) increased their revenues by 7.6% during 2001/02, almost double the rate of growth experienced...

Capio Healthcare to take over running of King Edward VII Midhurst

Healthcare Market News (News) April 2003Capio Healthcare UK has joined a consortium of property and construction companies to put together a rescue package for...

Private health schemes

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) April 2003Sue Doughty asked the Secretary of State for Health (11 March 2003: Column 246W) following his answer of 29...

Trust’s running of NHS Professionals slammed by Audit Commission

Healthcare Market News (News) April 2003The Federation of Independent Nursing Agencies (FINA) has called on the government to release its confidential report into the...