Legal & General polls women

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) February 1999Legal & General has launched a nationwide survey to discover the extent to which women use the internet....

Pharmaceutical industry expresses concerns over government reforms

Healthcare Market News (News) February 1999The Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries (ABPI) has published a report, Hard Rations, highlighting the problems currently caused by...

Quality framework document agreed

Healthcare Market News (News) February 1999Quality standards for the independent acute healthcare sector have been drawn up and ratified by the Private Practice Committee...

BCWA relaunches discounts package

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) February 1999BCWA Healthcare has reviewed the discounts it offers in an attempt to attract new customers to private medical...

Nurse pay increased to attract new recruits

Healthcare Market News (News) February 1999 Secretary of State for Health Frank Dobson has released details of pay awards for all NHS...

Single body to take on nurse regulation

Healthcare Market News (News) February 1999The government has unveiled plans for a single UK-wide body to regulate nurses, midwives and health visitors which will...

Gloucestershire integrates mental health care

Gloucestershire county council will be involved in the development of a new one-stop system for people with mental health problems, their families and carers....

Waiting lists rise

Healthcare Market News (News) February 1999The government has attributed December's 1% rise in waiting lists to the increased pressure facing the NHS over the...

PFI deals completed in London

Healthcare Market News (News) February 1999A total of three London NHS trusts have this month completed negotiations on contracts for new healthcare facilities to...

NICE proposals launched

Healthcare Market News (News) February 1999Secretary of State for Health Frank Dobson has published proposals on how the new National Institute for Clinical Excellence...