Physiotherapists call for greater autonomy

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2003The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) has called on the government to allow patients to refer themselves directly to...

Tories unveil radical patient choice policy

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2003Three months after the Labour government announced significant plans to expand patient choice in the NHS, the Conservatives have...

rising to 253p as HMN went to press.

Healthcare Market News (Company News) June 2003Match makes most of staffing businessMatch Healthcare Ltd, the former Sinclair Montrose business, has produced a sparkling set...

New MD for CIGNA

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) June 2003CIGNA HealthCare has promoted Sharon Lyons to the position of managing director of its UK healthcare business with immediate...

Hospital financing

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) June 2003Lynne Jones asked the Secretary of State for Health (10 June: Column 835W) what additional capital will be available...

Waiting lists back over one million mark

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2003NHS waiting lists have gone back over the one million mark - less than a month after the government...

BCWA avoids the worst

Healthcare Market News (Company News) June 2003Bristol Contributory Welfare Association Ltd, (BCWA) the west country private healthcare insurer, has avoided the worst of last...

Reid steps in as Milburn steps down

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) June 2003In a move which surprised many political observers, Alan Milburn has stepped down from his role as Secretary of...

CBI underestimates true cost of sickness absence

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2003The cost of sickness absence could be as much as £34bn - three times the latest figures quoted by...

Shock profit warning from Nestor

Healthcare Market News (Company News) June 2003Nestor Healthcare Group plc shocked the market with a veiled profit warning at its recent AGM. This time...