New therapy seeking conventional medical approval

Healthcare Market News (News) March 1998Medicur (UK) Limited is investing £250,000 in an attempt to gain official medical recognition from the Federal Drugs Authority...

Future lies with managed care

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997A new report published by The Economist Intelligence Unit argues that managed care remains the best way of controlling...

Prime Health pledges support for intermediaries

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 1997Prime Health, the fourth largest private medical insurer has also pledged its support for intermediaries this month with...

NHS Trusts move away from PRP

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997A recently published survey of pay awards for senior managers in the NHS shows that trusts in England are...

PPP launches insurance business in Middle East

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 1997PPP Healthcare has launched a medical insurance business in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. The company has formed an...

NHS secrecy to be ‘swept aside’

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997NHS bodies can no longer withhold information from other parts of the NHS by claiming it is 'commercial in...

BCWA launch in Channel Islands

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 1997BCWA Healthcare has introduced a new level of private medical insurance in the Channel Islands with the launch...

GP Fundholding and the private sector

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) December 1997The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 11 November at column 542) how many patients were referred...

OHRA wins top rating

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 1997OHRA UK has been rated top private medical insurance company for service and support to independent financial advisers...

Court of Appeal judgment on informal admissions

The Court of Appeal has ruled that a 48-year-old autistic man who was unable to speak was unlawfully detained in a psychiatric hospital after...