NHS Trusts move away from PRP

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997A recently published survey of pay awards for senior managers in the NHS shows that trusts in England are...

Prime Health extends network

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 1997Prime Health has extended the number of hospitals available on its hospital network option to a total of...

Use of sedatives

The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 17 November at column 59) what plans there are to commission research into the overuse...

NHS secrecy to be ‘swept aside’

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997NHS bodies can no longer withhold information from other parts of the NHS by claiming it is 'commercial in...

Mental Health – ECRs

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) December 1997The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 10 November at column 430) how much of the NHS...

GP remuneration

The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 24 November at column 425, pursuant to the answer in Hansard 17 November at column...

GP Fundholding and the private sector

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) December 1997The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 11 November at column 542) how many patients were referred...

Nestor acquires Grosvenor agency

Healthcare Market News (Company News) December 1997Nestor Healthcare Group has announced this month that it has acquired the entire share capital of Grosvenor Nursing...

NHS surgeons

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) December 1997The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 11 November at column 536) what new proposals he has...

BUPA appointments

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) December 1997BUPA has appointed Pat Stafford as its UK marketing director. She joins BUPA from a marketing consultancy - Corporate...