Clinics ignore advertising rules

Healthcare Market News (News) August 1998A number of private cosmetic surgery clinics could be facing the threat of referral to the Office of Fair...

Hospitals in Scotland

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) August 1998The Secretary of State for Scotland was asked (Hansard 14 July 1998 at column 145) to give the average...

Ruling prompts call for review of law

The House of Lords has overturned a Court of Appeal ruling that hospitals and nursing homes should not be allowed to detain vulnerable patients...

Mental health

The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 29 June 1998 at column 40) which of the components of the NHS will make...

Arcadia in hands of receivers

The Arcadia Healthcare plc group of homes has gone into voluntary receivership. The group owned eight homes with 450 beds and had a total...

Free eye tests

The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 19 June 1998 at column 338) to estimate the cost of providing free sight tests...

Employment prospects buoyant

Healthcare Market News (News) July 1998Manpower's survey of employment prospects for the third quarter of 1998 reports that prospects for private healthcare are positive...

Missed appointments

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) July 1998The government was asked (House of Lords Hansard 11 June 1998 at column 1146) in how many cases a...

NHS 50th anniversary

Healthcare Market News (News) July 1998The government this month made a series of announcements to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the NHS. The...

Dental students

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) July 1998The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 30 June 1998 at column 166) whether there are plans...