NHS would have to go if UK joins euro

Healthcare Market News (News) May 2003The UK would be forced to scrap the NHS if it signs up to the euro, the European Central...

IHC joins Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) May 2003Healthcare broker IHC has announced that it has joined the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII), the trade...

Clementine Churchill £17m extension

Healthcare Market News (News) May 2003The BMI Clementine Churchill hospital in Harrow, Middlesex has completed the first phase of its massive expansion programme. General...

Overseas health treatment

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) May 2003David Ruffley asked the Secretary of State for Health (10 Apr 2003: Column 378W) what the average cost is...

London facing mental health staffing crisis

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) May 2003London's psychiatric hospitals are facing unprecedented staffing difficulties, with recruitment and retention at their lowest levels for years,...

Four Seasons unit for young people

Four Seasons Health Care has opened the Huntercombe Stafford Hospital which offers treatment for young people with psychiatric and psychological problems. The 39-bed hospital,...

Care beds

Michael Mates asked the Secretary of State for Health (28 March 2003: Column 444W) how many of the 5,000 extra intermediate care beds in...

Long term care

Paul Burstow asked the Secretary of State for Health (19 March 2003: Column 847W) what steps the Department of Health (DoH) is taking to...

Oldham should build on good foundations

Some people are served well by Oldham social services but prospects for improvement are uncertain, according to a report published by the Audit Commission...

Ombudsman criticises Hertfordshire Council

The Local Government Ombudsman has criticised Hertfordshire County Council for its failure to apply for nursing home care funding for an elderly man in...