NHS fails to meet call handling targets

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Healthcare Market News (News) August 2002Callers to NHS Direct are still waiting too long to speak to a nurse, despite the scheme's successful introduction...

High secure hospitals

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Healthcare Market News (Parliament) August 2002The Secretary of State for Health was asked (15 July 2002: Column 124W) how many patients have moved from...

HSF cash plans for Jersey

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Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) August 2002Health cash plan provider the Hospital Saturday Fund (HSF) has chosen Jersey-based insurance broker George Tindall Insurance Services...

Proposals could change face of NHS dentistry

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Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) August 2002Dentists could become salaried NHS employees under proposals contained in a new report published by the Department of Health...

DTI issues consultation on controversial European staffing directive

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Healthcare Market News (News) August 2002UK staffing agencies could face an annual bill of £194m and a one off administration cost of between £1.4m...

Privately funded operations

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Healthcare Market News (Parliament) August 2002The Secretary of State for Health was asked (16 July 2002: Column 203W) if he will make it his...

Cash plan results

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Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) August 2002Three results have come in from the cash plan sector this month. These companies are usually limited by...

Zero star trusts – management could be franchised to private sector

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Healthcare Market News (News) August 2002Independent sector management teams or individuals could be brought in to turn around the performance of zero rated NHS...

DoH publishes Code of Practice for temporary staff

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Healthcare Market News (News) August 2002Temporary staffing operators have reacted angrily to the Department of Health's (DoH) Code of Practice for the Supply of...

Refugee doctors

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Healthcare Market News (Parliament) August 2002The Secretary of State for Health was asked (16 July 2002: Column 203W) what support he will introduce to...
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