New entrants in primary care market

Healthcare Market News (News) April 1998Harry Hyman of Primary Health Properties and Adrian Stevenson of Independent Care have set up a new company -...

Health service budget

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) April 1998The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 30 March 1998 at column 436) what is the Department...

BUPA extends commission for IFAs

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) April 1998BUPA is offering commission to all regulated intermediaries (IFAs) for both new business and renewal of small company...

Sinclair Montrose refutes criticisms

Healthcare Market News (News) April 1998Sinclair Montrose Healthcare has criticised the research methods used by Health Which? in a report published this month which...

Private patient units

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) April 1998The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 31 March 1998 at column 509) to list (a) the...

AIRMIC to launch employee health package

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) April 1998The Association of Insurance and Risk Managers (AIRMIC) is developing a new system for risk managing employee health...

BUPA apologises to BMA

Healthcare Market News (News) April 1998BUPA has apologised to the British Medical Association (BMA) after it 'inadvertently' used the BMA's logo on the envelope...

Sinclair Montrose

Healthcare Market News (Company News) March 1998Sinclair Montrose which has been doing very well recently with its public relations may have suffered a minor...

Action to reduce medical negligence claims

Healthcare Market News (News) March 1998Health Secretary Frank Dobson has promised action to reduce the number of claims for medical negligence against NHS hospitals,...

Mixed sex accommodation in NHS hospitals ‘on way out’

Healthcare Market News (News) March 1998Figures released this month by the Department of Health show that 70% of all health authorities will have eliminated...