e-com launches new cash plan

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) October 2000e-com Life Ltd has launched a new medical cash plan, underwritten by Pinnacle Insurance plc. The Med-e com...

August waiting list figures

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2000The Department of Health has published waiting list figures for August 2000 which show that the government has now...

NHS cancer plan launched

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2000Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn has launched the NHS Cancer Plan, setting out the future shape of...

Waiting Lists

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) August 2000The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 21 July 2000 at column 368W) what assessment he has...

Residential Homes

The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 19 July 2000 at column 218W) when he expects to make an announcement on research...

Telford & Wrekin warns of possible delays for hospital leavers

Directors of social services at Telford & Wrekin and Shropshire councils have met with health authority chiefs in the area in a bid to...

Meditrust suffers losses

The UK is not alone in suffering in the long term care sector. In the US, five publicly traded nursing home chains have filed...

Psychotherapy effective in treating personality disorder

A paper published in the August edition of the British Journal of Psychiatry suggests there is evidence for the effectiveness of psychotherapy in treating...

Councils to appeal to House of Lords

Four local authorities have failed in their appeal against a high court ruling that they must pay for after care services for people detained...

Council cleared over tendering process

The Accounts Commission of Scotland has found that Dumfries & Galloway council followed proper tendering processes for transferring the running of its residential homes...