Nuffield CEO appointed

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) March 2003David Mobbs has been appointed chief executive of Nuffield Hospitals Group. Mobbs was divisional general manager Northern Division for...

CHI praises NHS Direct Online

Healthcare Market News (News) March 2003The Commission for Health Improvement (CHI) has praised NHS Direct Online in a new report, describing it as a...

Surgeons

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) March 2003Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many surgeons have left and started working in...

Healthcall Optical boosts team

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) March 2003Healthcall Optical Services has appointed eight customer services managers across its branches in England and Scotland to focus on...

Audit Commission uncovers more waiting list ‘fiddles’

Healthcare Market News (News) March 2003Spot checks carried out by the Audit Commission have uncovered more inaccuracies in the way NHS trusts report their...

Foundation hospitals recruitment

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) March 2003Dr Liam Fox asked the Secretary of State for Health (25 February 2003: Column 525W) what measures foundation hospitals...

CHAI shadow chief inspector announced

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) March 2003Dr Peter Homa has been appointed shadow chief inspector of the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection (CHAI) to...

Government claims further progress on long waiting times

Healthcare Market News (News) March 2003The number of long waits for NHS treatment continued to fall in January, according to figures released by the...

Internet medical companies

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) March 2003David Drew asked the Secretary of State for Health (25 February 2003: Column 532W) what controls he has introduced...

Think tank recommends compulsory health insurance

Healthcare Market News (News) March 2003A cross-party group of health professionals, academics, journalists and other prominent figures has recommended a radical set of NHS...