Health Act receives Royal Assent

Healthcare Market News (News) July 1999The Health Act 1999 received Royal Assent this month, allowing the government to proceed with its reforms of the...

BCWA freezes rates

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) July 1999BCWA has frozen rates on its Confident dental health cover plan for the third year running. The scheme is...

New safety group for healthcare

Healthcare Market News (News) July 1999The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has set up a new healthcare specialist group to address the...

Dental Charges

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) July 1999The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 11 June 199 at column 420) if he will abolish...

Out-of-hours calls

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) July 1999The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 15 June 1999 at column 112) what representations he has...

Statistics published on use of drug misuse services

Healthcare Market News (News) July 1999The Department of Health has this month published figures on problem drug misuse in England. The bulletin provides statistics...

Waiting lists rise again

Healthcare Market News (News) July 1999Waiting list figures for the end of May 1999, showed a further slight increase, following a small rise in...

NHS Bodies (Running Costs)

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) July 1999The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 11 June 1999 at column 420) what the estimated annual...

PMI market boosted by growth in subscriber numbers

Healthcare Market News (News) July 1999The number of people with private medical insurance (PMI) cover in the UK grew by 3% during the course...

19 NHS walk-in centres announced

Healthcare Market News (News) July 1999The government has announced details of 19 walk-in GP medical centres, to be located at a variety of locations...