BUPA International relaunches company schemes

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) October 2002BUPA International has overhauled its entire range of company health insurance schemes to offer enhanced benefits for its...

Health remains top priority for voters

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2002Health remains the priority for 28% of the British public, according to the findings of a poll carried out...

DoH launches suicide prevention strategy

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) October 2002The Department of Health has launched England's first National Suicide Prevention Strategy with the aim of reducing the...

MPs blast trusts’ investigations into waiting list fiddles

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2002MPs have urged the Department of Health (DoH) to outlaw the use of confidentiality agreements by NHS managers following...

Doctors warn of crisis as numbers of psychiatric beds fall

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) October 2002Psychiatrists could be forced to discharge mental health patients earlier than clinically appropriate because of a decline in...

London hospitals face highest rate of nurse turnover

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2002NHS hospitals in central London face losing up to 38% of their nursing staff each year, according to a...

DoH report outlines new arrangements for HSHs

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) October 2002A report on new arrangements for performance management and commissioning of high security services (HSHs) has been published...

Providers frustrated by pace of NHS partnerships

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2002The government has been accused of moving too slowly in its bid to treat NHS patients in the private...

Joint replacement registry

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2002AEA Technology has been awarded the contract to establish the National Joint Registry for Hip and Knee Replacements. The...

Northamptonshire mental health PFI project

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) October 2002Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust has announced plans to build a £6m inpatient facility for people with mental health...