OFT report imminent

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) May 1998The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) will publish its second report on health insurance before the end of...

Managed care an option for Germany

Healthcare Market News (News) May 1998A new report published by the Office of Health Economics summarises the post-reform German healthcare system and analyses how...

Statistics show fall in number of beds

Healthcare Market News (News) May 1998The Department of Health (DoH) has published figures on independent healthcare in England relating to the financial year 1996/97....

Growth in PMI income for 1997

Healthcare Market News (News) May 1998Within the last month, BUPA, Guardian Royal Exchange, Legal & General, Norwich Union Healthcare, Western Provident Association (WPA) and...

Healthcare priorities

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) May 1998The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 21 April 1998 at column 577) what representations have been...

Success of national standards for NHS need financial backing

Healthcare Market News (News) May 1998The introduction of National Service Frameworks which will set national standards and define service models for NHS services will...

DoH denies consultant witch hunt

Healthcare Market News (News) May 1998The Department of Health (DoH) has denied that it is about to embark on a 'naming and shaming' exercise...

Recruitment and retention

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) May 1998The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 28 April at column 117) what action is being taken...

Recommendations on acute mental health units

Healthcare Market News (News) May 1998A new report, Not Just Bricks and Mortar, produced by a Royal College of Psychiatrists' working party chaired by...

PPP launches employee absence policy

Healthcare Market News (News) May 1998PPP Healthcare has launched a new product, Back to Health, specifically targeted at employees who need medical treatment so...