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Healthcare Market News (Parliament) December 2002Liam Fox asked the Secretary of State for Health (7 November 2002: Column 532W) if he intends to publish...

Priory completes £2.3m refurbishment

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) December 2002Priory Healthcare Group has completed a £2.3m refurbishment and facilities improvement programme at its flagship hospital in Roehampton....

Milburn rejects renegotiation of consultants’ contract

Healthcare Market News (News) December 2002Alan Milburn has told senior doctors that there can be no renegotiation of the new contract for consultants. The...

NHS pay deal agreed after four years of negotiation

Healthcare Market News (News) December 2002Negotiators representing the UK Health Departments, NHS employers and 17 NHS staff organisations have finally agreed the terms of...

BMI to run expanded PPU in Walsgrave PFI development

Healthcare Market News (News) December 2002University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust have completed negotiations on the PFI contract which will lead to construction...

Minister claims NHS on course to meet March waiting times target

Healthcare Market News (News) December 2002The Department of Health has claimed it is on course to meet its target of no patients waiting longer...

Foundation hospitals

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) December 2002Frank Dobson asked the Secretary of State for Health (7 November 2002: Column 529W) if he will list the...

National statistics on people with a mental disorder

Adults with a mental disorder are much more likely to fall behind with their bill payments than people without a disorder (24% compared with...

Report reveals wide variations in waits for ENT

Healthcare Market News (News) November 2002A new report by the Audit Commission has revealed dramatic variations in waiting times for routine ear, nose and...

Online service from Legal and General

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) November 2002Legal and General has launched an online private medical insurance service. Using the website, consumers are able to...