NSF for heart disease launched

Healthcare Market News (News) March 2000The National Service Framework (NSF) on Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), was published this month, setting out a wide ranging...

Dentists not doctors

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) March 2000The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that dentists' use of the title Dr in advertisements misleads the public...

BUPA results

Healthcare Market News (Company News) March 2000BUPA has announced results for the year to 31 December 1999, reporting a pre-tax surplus of £46.7m, up...

DoH survey reveals wide costs in PCG management costs

Healthcare Market News (News) March 2000Health Minister John Denham has written to health authority chairs in England urging them to ensure primary care groups...

Estimates of nurse numbers from non-medical workforce census

Healthcare Market News (News) March 2000The Department of Health has released statistics giving the current estimate of the numbers of qualified nurses employed in...

Primary Health Properties figures

Healthcare Market News (Company News) March 2000Primary Health Properties plc has announced figures for the six months to 31 December 1999. Group profit before...

Group set up for independent practice

Healthcare Market News (News) March 2000The Society of Radiographers has established a Special Interest Group (SIG) to provide a forum for independent diagnostic practitioners.The...

Nurse recruitment campaign launched

Healthcare Market News (News) March 2000A year 2000 nationwide nurse recruitment campaign has been launched by Health Secretary, Alan Milburn, alongside the publication of...

Sinclair Montrose turns profits to losses

Healthcare Market News (Company News) March 2000In a postscript to the public furore about accounting protocols, Sinclair Montrose Healthcare plc has issued revised accounts...

BUPA Hospitals developments

Healthcare Market News (News) March 2000BUPA Hospital Bristol has introduced a hand-held mammotome system which diagnoses breast lumps more accurately and in some cases,...