DoH to commission mental health research

Healthcare Market News (News) June 1998The Department of Health (DoH) is inviting tenders for its mental health research programme which seeks to provide a...

OFT issues final warning to health insurers

Healthcare Market News (News) June 1998The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has threatened the health insurance industry with tighter statutory control if it fails...

NHS drugs (prices)

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) June 1998The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 2 June 1998 at column 177) what mechanisms exist to...

Quality initiative launched

Healthcare Market News (News) June 1998An independent body which aims to raise quality standards within UK healthcare was launched this month by health minister...

Private emergency service opens

Healthcare Market News (News) June 1998The UK's first private 24-hour emergency service opened this month at the Manor House Hospital in Golders Green, North...

Action needed on millennium bug

Healthcare Market News (News) June 1998A report published by the Audit Commission, A Stitch In Time, claims that the majority of local authorities and...

Public must be involved in change

Healthcare Market News (News) June 1998The reconfiguration of hospital services must take account of public access as well as the need for improvements to...

Surgicare offers self-pay option

Healthcare Market News (News) June 1998Surgicare is promoting self-pay options as an alternative to private medical insurance for treatments carried out at its clinics....

Guide to complementary medicine

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) June 1998Western Provident Association (WPA) has published a booklet listing qualified complementary therapists in the UK. The booklet provides...

NHS Fundholding: Savings from Abolition

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) June 1998The government was asked (Lords Hansard 4 June 1998 at column WA50) how many managers currently engaged in NHS...