Norwich Union launches award scheme

Healthcare Market News (News) April 1998Norwich Union Healthcare is sponsoring the Hospital Hero Award which aims to pay tribute to volunteers and non-medical staff...

Job prospects slow in private healthcare

Healthcare Market News (News) April 1998Job prospects in private healthcare for the second quarter of 1998 have continued to decline against the comparative quarter...

MIA launches training services

Healthcare Market News (News) April 1998The Medical Insurance Agency (MIA) has launched MIA Training and Resource Services for dentistry. The move follows the recent...

NHS unlikely to be affected by minimum wage

Healthcare Market News (News) April 1998A survey conducted by Pay & Workforce Research (PWR) has shown that the NHS is unlikely to be affected...

Acute care spending

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) April 1998The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 31 March 1998 at column 512) how much is planned...

BUPA consultant partnership under review

Healthcare Market News (News) April 1998BUPA's consultant partnership is to be examined by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to determine whether the scheme...

NHS trusts (mergers)

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) April 1998The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 2 April 1998 at column 648) if NHS trust boards...

Boots launches health insurance products

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) April 1998Boots The Chemists (BTC) has announced the launch of a range of nine health and travel insurance products....

PFI to fund new hospitals

Healthcare Market News (News) April 1998Health Minister Alan Milburn has given approval to 11 new NHS hospital developments worth almost £1 billion. Ten will...

Medical negligence

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) April 1998The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 10 March 1998 at column 114) what plans there are...