Rapid increase in demand for fixed-price medical care

Healthcare Market News (News) August 1999The Duchy Nuffield Hospital, located in Harrogate, has claimed it has experienced a rapid increase this year in people...

Consultant Charges

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) August 1999The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 22 July 1999 at column 636) if consultant surgeons and...

Modernisation Fund

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) August 1999The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 6 July 1999 at column 490) what change there has...

Contract win for Liberty

Healthcare Market News (News) August 1999Transco, the UK gas infrastructure business, has awarded a three year contract to Liberty Occupational Health, to implement the...

King Edward VII outlines new strategy

Healthcare Market News (News) August 1999The King Edward VII hospital in Midhurst, West Sussex, has outlined details of its new strategy which will lead...

Ombudsman criticises council’s choice

The Local Government Ombudsman, Edward Osmotherley, has this month published the findings of his investigation into a complaint against the London borough of Hounslow.The...

Dorset to transfer homes

Dorset county council is planning to transfer six of its seven remaining residential homes to the independent sector. The future of the seventh home...

Bed-blocking (West Country)

The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 28 June 1999 at column 49) what steps he has taken to stop bed-blocking in...

IDH acquisitions

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) July 1999Integrated Dental Holdings (IDH), the UK's largest corporate dentistry operator, has this month made two new acquisitions, bringing its...

College calls for more consultant physicians

Healthcare Market News (News) July 1999A report published this month by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) estimates that 2,000 additional consultant physicians are...