NICE decision on flu drug

Healthcare Market News (News) October 1999The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has recommended that the flu drug Relenza, developed by Glaxo Wellcome, should...

Westminster to acquire Priory Hospitals

Healthcare Market News (Company News) October 1999Chief executive of Westminster Health Care Dr Chai Patel has confirmed that the company is currently in negotiations...

GP protocols to tackle waiting lists

Healthcare Market News (News) October 1999John Denham, Minister for Health, this month announced he would be asking NICE to issue protocols to every practice...

BUPA group marketing director to leave

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) October 1999Pat Stafford, BUPA group marketing director, is to leave BUPA at the end of this year. Inter alia, she...

£20m cash boost for cataract services

Healthcare Market News (News) October 1999The government this month announced a £20m cash injection to modernise cataract services, which aims to ensure quicker and...

New chief nursing officer

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) October 1999The former Secretary of State for Health, Frank Dobson, announced this month that Sarah Mullally will take over as...

Statement issued on pay systems

Healthcare Market News (News) October 1999 A joint statement on Agenda for Change - the government's proposals for modernising the NHS pay system -...

Gerald Pilkington

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) October 1999Further to last month's report on the King Edward VII Hospital in Midhurst, Gerald Pilkington, currently developments director of...

Report predicts growth in aesthetic dentistry

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) October 1999A report on the European dental market, published by Datamonitor, predicts that the European aesthetic and prosthetic market will...

Community Hospitals figures

Healthcare Market News (Company News) October 1999Community Hospitals Group plc (CHG) this month reported revenues of £113.9m (£85.6m) and an increase in profit before...