Out-patient waiting lists

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) February 1999The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 2 February 1999 at column 569) to make a statement...

Healthcall wins police contract

Healthcare Market News (News) February 1999West Midlands Police has signed a three-year contract with Healthcall plc for the provision of police surgeon services. It...

NHS income from private patients increases

Healthcare Market News (News) February 1999NHS trusts earned a total of £288m from private patients in 1997/98, according to the 1999 edition of the...

Westminster results

Healthcare Market News (Company News) February 1999Westminster Healthcare plc announced this month its interim figures for the six-month period ending 30 November 1998. Turnover...

£84m to fund specialist children services

Healthcare Market News (News) February 1999Services for children with attention deficit disorder, phobias, depression and other mental health problems are to get a government...

Health Committee announces evidence dates

Healthcare Market News (News) February 1999The Health Commitee of the House of Commons has announced the dates on which it will be receiving oral...

GRE sale confirmed

Healthcare Market News (Company News) February 1999The Boards of AXA, Sun Life and Provincial Holdings and Guardian Royal Exchange have this month announced that...

Pharmaceutical industry expresses concerns over government reforms

Healthcare Market News (News) February 1999The Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries (ABPI) has published a report, Hard Rations, highlighting the problems currently caused by...

Small increase in job prospects for private sector

Healthcare Market News (News) February 1999Private healthcare employers, including private hospitals and nursing homes, are predicting a small increase in job prospects for the...

SMH hoping for MBO

Healthcare Market News (Company News) February 1999Sinclair Montrose Healthcare plc (SMH) announced on the London Stock Exchange this month that it was in preliminary...