Private hospitals (business rates)

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) July 1998The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions was asked (Hansard 23 June 1998 at column...

Rationing by postcode for infertility treatment

Healthcare Market News (News) July 1998Infertility services provided by the NHS are subject to widely varying eligibility criteria resulting in 'rationing by postcode', according...

Employment prospects buoyant

Healthcare Market News (News) July 1998Manpower's survey of employment prospects for the third quarter of 1998 reports that prospects for private healthcare are positive...

Missed appointments

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) July 1998The government was asked (House of Lords Hansard 11 June 1998 at column 1146) in how many cases a...

PCGs need time and money

Healthcare Market News (News) July 1998Primary care groups (PCGs) will not reduce NHS management costs in their first few years, according to a report...

NHS 50th anniversary

Healthcare Market News (News) July 1998The government this month made a series of announcements to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the NHS. The...

Dental students

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) July 1998The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 30 June 1998 at column 166) whether there are plans...

Ineffective purchasing creates problems for NHS.

Healthcare Market News (News) July 1998A report published this month by the Office of Health Economics claims that failures in commissioning are central to...

Modernisation fund to encourage innovation in NHS

Healthcare Market News (News) July 1998Prime Minister Tony Blair admitted this month that the NHS is underfunded but promised that 'the NHS will get...

Acute beds

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) July 1998The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 30 June 1998 at column 167) what proposals there are...