Stressed consultants eye NHS exit

Healthcare Market News (News) August 2003Long hours, stress and depression mean that almost three quarters of NHS hospital doctors are planning to leave the...

Waiting Times

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) August 2003Dr Evan Harris asked the Secretary of State for Health (7 July 2003: Column 669W) what (a) targets he...

Cancer drug clarification

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) August 2003Contrary to information published in the June edition of HMN, it has emerged that BUPA is not the...

NHS Dentistry

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) August 2003Mike Wood asked the Secretary of State for Health (14 July 2003: Column 124W) what measures are in place...

Massive NHS dentistry fraud

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) August 2003NHS fraud investigators have uncovered evidence that thousands of 'gold' fillings and crowns being used by dentists contain as...

Private sector ‘exploits’ overseas nurses

Healthcare Market News (News) August 2003Overseas nurses recruited to work in the UK often face discrimination and exploitation - especially in the independent sector,...

General Healthcare sees strong EBITDA

Healthcare Market News (Company News) August 2003General Healthcare Group has published its accounts for the year ended 31 December 2002, revealing a 12.5% increase...

Partnerships in Care adolescent unit

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) August 2003Partnerships in Care has told HMN of plans to build a new adolescent secure unit in Calverton, north...

Government promises improved access to NHS dentistry

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) August 2003The Department of Health (DoH) has announced a £10m investment to help primary care trusts (PCTs) get ready to...

DoH steps up attack on ‘health tourists’

Healthcare Market News (News) August 2003Proposals designed to curb the number of so-called 'health tourists' and illegal asylum seekers gaining access to free NHS...