Mental health strategy published

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998The government has published a new strategy document setting out its proposals to modernise mental health services by improving...

St Martins seeks greater corporate identity

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998St Martins Hospitals Ltd has relaunched itself as St Martins Healthcare Ltd, in an attempt to portray a more...

New strategy to tackle £150m fraud

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998Health Minister Alan Milburn this month launched a new strategy to clamp down on fraud in the National Health...

Private hospital market buoyant

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998The private hospital sector is experiencing buoyant demand in the current economic and political climate, according to the 1998/99...

St Vincents withdraws from acute market

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998St Vincents Orthopaedic Hospital in Pinner, Middlesex, has confirmed that it has ceased carrying out orthopaedic surgery. The hospital...

Midwives

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) December 1998The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 9 November 1998 at column 82) what is the current...

Consumers’ Association targets consultants’ private work

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998The Consumers' Association has called for a review of the influence of private practice on NHS waiting lists and...

BCWA offers private healthcare to schools

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) November 1998BCWA Healthcare has launched a new product offering children at independent schools private medical insurance.The BCWA schools scheme...

Patients’ views to be taken into account

Healthcare Market News (News) November 1998A package of measures to boost public involvement in the NHS will be a vital driver to improve standards...

Revised medical workforce statistics

Healthcare Market News (News) November 1998The Department of Health (DoH) has released revised figures on the number of medical and dental staff in the...