Opposition to consultant partnership continues

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997The British Medical Association (BMA) and the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) are continuing to advise their members...

Emergency admissions and elective surgery

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) December 1997The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 20 November at column 319) by what criteria the government...

NHS to reclaim traffic accident costs

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997The NHS will take action to claw back millions of pounds owed to hospitals by insurance companies following road...

Proposed Caremark acquisition goes to MMC

Margaret Beckett, President of the Board of Trade, has decided, in accordance with the advice of the Director General of Fair Trading, to refer...

Anaesthesia services could be improved

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997The Audit Commission has published a report criticising hospitals' management of anaesthesia services. Improved communications and more flexible staffing...

Use of sedatives

The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 17 November at column 59) what plans there are to commission research into the overuse...

GP remuneration

The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 24 November at column 425, pursuant to the answer in Hansard 17 November at column...

Public fear for future of NHS

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997Britons are pessimistic about the future of the NHS, believing that in ten year's time existing treatments will be...

Guardian Royal Exchange to acquire PPP Healthcare

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997Guardian Royal Exchange has confirmed this month that it is to acquire the entire issued share capital in PPP...

Gamma knife surgery centre

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997The Cromwell Hospital is to establish London's first gamma knife surgery centre. The gamma knife is used to treat...