Hospital Management Trust senior appointments

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) June 1998Michael Cole has been appointed chief executive of the Hospital Management Trust (HMT), taking over overall management responsibility for...

Legal abortions December quarter 1997

Healthcare Market News (News) June 1998Statistics on legal abortions performed in England and Wales during the December quarter of 1997 have been published in...

IPT challenge awaits verdict

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) June 1998The Manchester & Salford Hospital Saturday Fund is awaiting the outcome of its appeal to a VAT and...

End to extra contractual referrals

Healthcare Market News (News) June 1998The Department of Health (DoH) has published proposals for new arrangements for one-off treatments or for treating patients who...

Fall in cancer cases

Healthcare Market News (News) June 1998Between 1992 and 1995 the total number of newly diagnosed cancer cases fell by 3% in males and 4%...

ABI information sheets

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) June 1998The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has produced information sheets for consumers which seek to explain the benefits...

Support for PCGs

Healthcare Market News (News) June 1998A survey of health authority finance directors conducted by the Health Service Journal and the Healthcare Financial Management Association...

Information on NHS trusts to be published

Healthcare Market News (News) June 1998The government has this month announced a series of wide-ranging measures aimed at improving the quality and efficiency of...

Change for CS Healthcare

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) June 1998CS Healthcare has launched two new policies following a recent reappraisal of the society's function and existing health...

DoH to commission mental health research

Healthcare Market News (News) June 1998The Department of Health (DoH) is inviting tenders for its mental health research programme which seeks to provide a...