FSA to take over regulation of general insurance

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) February 2002General insurance, including private medical insurance, is to be brought under the regulatory control of the Financial Services...

Bexley increases partnership working

Bexley Council and Bexley Primary Care Trust are developing plans to ensure better integration of health and social care services in the borough.The new...

GMB report attacks PFI hospitals

Healthcare Market News (News) February 200222 of the new hospitals funded through the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) are experiencing delays of up to 36...

Measures to prevent waiting list fiddles

Healthcare Market News (News) February 2002Hospital trusts will face spot checks following the National Audit Office's revelation that some trusts had 'fiddled' their waiting...

ABI consults on broader definition of heart attacks

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) February 2002The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has recommended that heart attacks be given a broader definition in critical...

Craegmoor closes psychiatric unit

Craegmoor has announced the closure of Sutton Manor - its 28-bed acute psychiatric clinic in Essex. Commenting on the home's closure at the end...

BUPA launches online resource

Healthcare Market News (News) February 2002BUPA has launched a new website designed to help consultants stay abreast of developments in their own area of...

London Heart Hospital

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) February 2002The Secretary of State for Health was asked (19 December 2001: Column: 444W) how many beds are available in...

Cash plans still valid for patients treated abroad

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) February 2002Health cash plan members referred by the NHS for treatment elsewhere in the EU will be entitled to...

New learning disability task force

Health Minister Jacqui Smith has appointed Chris Davies as the new chair of the Learning Disability TaskForce. The task force will oversee implementation of...