Deaths from heart disease fall

Healthcare Market News (News) February 2002Death rates for ischaemic heart disease fell by over 40% during the period 1980 to 2000, according to recent...

Doctors press for faster injection of cash

Healthcare Market News (News) February 2002Doctors are calling on the government to speed NHS cash through to the front line. Two thirds of consultants...

New GP regulations could infringe doctors’ rights

Healthcare Market News (News) February 2002The wording of new government regulations for family doctors could contravene the European Convention of Human Rights, the British...

Bexley increases partnership working

Bexley Council and Bexley Primary Care Trust are developing plans to ensure better integration of health and social care services in the borough.The new...

First NHS Modernisation Board report published

Healthcare Market News (News) February 2002Good progress has been made in reforming the NHS but challenges still lie ahead, according to a report published...

Better use of day surgery could cut waiting lists

Healthcare Market News (News) February 2002NHS day surgery units could treat more than 120,000 extra people a year if the poorest performing came up...

Craegmoor closes psychiatric unit

Craegmoor has announced the closure of Sutton Manor - its 28-bed acute psychiatric clinic in Essex. Commenting on the home's closure at the end...

Delayed discharges

The Secretary of State for Health was asked (14 January 2002: Column: 80W), pursuant to his answer of 15 October 2001, Official Report, column...

Bed blocking in Yorkshire

The Secretary of State for Health was asked (21 January 2002: Column: 685W) how many delayed discharges there were in North Yorkshire in the...

League tables could stifle innovation

Healthcare Market News (News) February 2002Hospital consultants have expressed concern at Health Secretary Alan Milburn's plans to publish heart surgeon's death rates. Milburn announced...