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A further 50,000 join NHS waiting lists
Healthcare Market News (News) March 1998The Department of Health has published provisional waiting list figures relating to 31 December 1997 which show the number...
Long term care – Scotland
The Secretary of State for Scotland was asked (Hansard 29 January 1998 at column 362) what assessment has been made of the yearly cost...
Smart card proposed for health service
Healthcare Market News (News) March 1998GPT Card Technology is seeking to promote the capabilities of a new health smart card to the private healthcare...
Pilot health care schemes
The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 26 February 1998 at column 340) if the government will make a statement about plans...
Action to address imbalance in merit award system
Healthcare Market News (News) March 1998Health Minister Alan Milburn has promised action to address imbalance in the awarding of distinction awards to NHS consultants....
Occupational therapists
The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 26 February 1998 at column 342) how many occupational therapists are employed by a) the...
Minimal access surgery claims increase
Healthcare Market News (News) March 1998Patients' claims for medical negligence in three major areas of minimal access surgery have increased over a seven-year period,...
BUPA intermediary training
Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 1997BUPA has launched an interactive computer-based training programme as the centrepiece of an education programme for its HealthSelect...
Reducing the cost of schizophrenia
The cost of treating patients suffering from schizophrenia accounts currently accounts for 2.8% of total NHS expenditure and total direct and indirect costs of...
Healthy eating can lessen risk of Alzheimer’s
The results of latest research carried out by St George's Hospital Medical School in London, funded by Research into Ageing, suggest that high blood...
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