Prime Health pledges support for intermediaries

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 1997Prime Health, the fourth largest private medical insurer has also pledged its support for intermediaries this month with...

Reducing the cost of schizophrenia

The cost of treating patients suffering from schizophrenia accounts currently accounts for 2.8% of total NHS expenditure and total direct and indirect costs of...

Improved coordination of specialised services called for

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997Health authorities need more central support and stronger local alliances to make sure that patients are getting the specialised...

PPP launches insurance business in Middle East

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 1997PPP Healthcare has launched a medical insurance business in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. The company has formed an...

Court of Appeal judgment on informal admissions

The Court of Appeal has ruled that a 48-year-old autistic man who was unable to speak was unlawfully detained in a psychiatric hospital after...

Third report from Medical Workforce Standing Advisory Committee published

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997The Department of Health has published the third report of the Medical Workforce Standing Advisory Committee (MWSAC) on their...

BCWA launch in Channel Islands

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 1997BCWA Healthcare has introduced a new level of private medical insurance in the Channel Islands with the launch...

Healthy eating can lessen risk of Alzheimer’s

The results of latest research carried out by St George's Hospital Medical School in London, funded by Research into Ageing, suggest that high blood...

Future lies with managed care

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997A new report published by The Economist Intelligence Unit argues that managed care remains the best way of controlling...

OHRA wins top rating

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 1997OHRA UK has been rated top private medical insurance company for service and support to independent financial advisers...