Borders council keeps residential homes in-house

Scottish Borders Council has confirmed this month that after inviting tenders from the private sector for its six residential homes, it has decided to...

Explicit principles of rationing should be agreed

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998A new report by Professor Alan Maynard and Karen Bloor, health economists at the University of York, argues that...

Contract win for HCI

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998HCI Medical Centre has won contracts worth £5m per year from Algeria. The hospital is also setting up a...

Prime Health launches GP helpline

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 1998Prime Health has launched a GP advice line for customers of its Primecare Plus and Primecare Gold policies....

Pay levels vary for GP practice managers

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998GP practice managers currently earn an average of £20,000, according to a recently published survey by Pay & Workforce...

Targets missed in Benefits Agency Medical Services

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998Social Security minister Angela Eagle confirmed this month that the Sema Group, which won the contract to take on...

William M Mercer and SNL merger confirmed

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 1998William M Mercer has confirmed that its planned merger with Sedgwick Noble Lowndes, reported last month in HMN,...

Fundholding

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) December 1998The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 7 December 1998 at column 73) what contingency plans have...

Boots opens family planning clinic

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998Boots the Chemist's came in for criticism from some quarters this month when it was revealed that it is...

PPP defends premium increases

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 1998Premium rates on PPP Healthcare's Extensive policy have been increased by 56%. However, PPP Healthcare has defended the...