Publication of health and personal social services statistics

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Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998Statistics covering the full range of health and social services have been published by the Department of Health. Information...

New PFI hospital for Bromley

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Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998Health Minister Alan Milburn has announced the conclusion of negotiations to build a new £155m hospital in Bromley under...

Call for rational not rationed approach to prescribing

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The National Schizophrenia Fellowship (NSF) is calling for a more rational policy on prescribing atypical neuroleptics for people with schizophrenia following research which showed...

New benefits package for BUPA dentists

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Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) December 1998BUPA DentalCover has launched a range of new benefits for its accredited dentists. The package includes discounts on BUPA...

Report on health inequalities highlights need for action

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Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998Secretary of State for Health Frank Dobson has welcomed publication of the former chief medical officer Sir Donald Acheson's...

Mental health strategy published

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Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998The government has published a new strategy document setting out its proposals to modernise mental health services by improving...

Training Support Programme

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The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 17 November 1998 at column 565) what resources will be made available to the Training...

Uncertainty over future of regulation

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Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998The future arrangements for the regulation of private hospitals have been thrown into doubt following publication of the government's...

Unhealthy ranking for UK

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Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998The UK ranks only 14th in Europe, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) new ranking of the healthiest...

Record number of complaints against NHS hospitals

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Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998The Health Service Ombudsman, Michael Buckley, has this month published a report summarising recent investigations. His office received a...
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