Medical Services under fire

Healthcare Market News (News) July 2000The government has published its response to the Social Security Select Committee report on the performance of Benefits Agency...

BUPA launches new campaign

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) July 2000BUPA has launched a new press advertisement for its critical illness cover. The campaign, in national newspapers and...

Administrative Costs

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) July 2000The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 22 June 2000 at column 260W) what proportion of the...

Whitecross Dental Care

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) July 2000Whitecross Dental Care Ltd reported revenues of £9.2m (£6.4m) and loss before tax of £3.4m (loss £1.2m) for the...

£422m PFI deal agreed

Healthcare Market News (News) July 2000Final approval has been given to the UK's largest hospital building project - a £422m central London development providing...

BCWA denies it is a target

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) July 2000BCWA has dismissed suggestions that it could become a target for a takeover by a larger PMI provider....

Specsavers extracts itself from dental market

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) July 2000Specsavers has announced that its dentistry plans are on hold following a thorough investigation of prospects in the dentistry...

Management of NHS to be linked to performance

Healthcare Market News (News) July 2000Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn this month gave an indication of some of the reforms to be...

Hospital and clinics statistics

Healthcare Market News (News) July 2000The Department of Health has published a statistical bulletin on the number of independent sector nursing homes, private hospitals...

Conservatives expand on health policy

Healthcare Market News (News) July 2000Shadow Health Minister Dr Liam Fox this month addressed the annual conference of the NHS Confederation, providing further details...