Changes to BUPA management structure

Healthcare Market News (News) July 1998BUPA has announced it is to change the reporting structure of its various businesses. Under the revised arrangements all...

New entrant in primary healthcare development

Healthcare Market News (Company News) July 1998A new company, Swanwell Developments, has been set up to identify and develop suitable sites for NHS GP...

Sussex hospital closes

Healthcare Market News (News) July 1998The Sussex Private Hospital in St Leonards on Sea in East Sussex has announced this month that it is...

Clinicare partnership with BIIBA

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) July 1998The British Insurance and Investment Broker's Association (BIIBA), has named Clinicare as its preferred PMI provider and is...

Silicone gel breast implants present no greater risk

Healthcare Market News (News) July 1998The report of the Independent Review Group (IRG) on Silicone Gel Breast Implants, published this month, concludes that there...

ERC Frankona survey indicates strong performance

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) July 1998The reinsurance company ERC Frankona has this month published the results of its annual survey of group risk...

Sunshine could aid recovery

Healthcare Market News (News) July 1998Research undertaken at the University of Alberta in Canada, and published in the Journal of the Royal Society of...

£20 billion pledged for the NHS

Healthcare Market News (News) July 1998The government this month announced the outcome of its long-awaited Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), pledging in excess of £20...

Laparoscopic hernia repair leads to faster recovery

Healthcare Market News (News) July 1998A trial undertaken at two London hospitals, reported in the British Medical Journal, has shown that patients undergoing laparoscopic...

Dobson’s supertanker has turned

Healthcare Market News (News) July 1998Frank Dobson, Secretary of State for Health, announced this month that hospital waiting lists are falling. The government's manifesto...