Benefits Agency doctors advised not to sign contracts

Healthcare Market News (News) May 1998The British Medical Association is advising more than 3000 doctors who work for the Benefits Agency Medical Service (BAMS),...

Cover available on-line

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) May 1998Legal & General has made its Lifetime Essentials private medical insurance plan available on the internet.The site allows...

Reasons should be made public in healthcare prioritising

Healthcare Market News (News) May 1998Reasons for choices in healthcare should be made public to allow better understanding on the part of the public...

NHS Confederation defends chief executives’ pay

Healthcare Market News (News) May 1998The NHS Confederation has defended the pay increases awarded to NHS trust chief executives revealed last month in a...

CIGNA ups benefits for dentists

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) May 1998CIGNA, which last year took over Norwich Union's dentistry business, and currently claims the second largest network of...

Midwives

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) May 1998The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 8 April 1998 at column 369) what plans there are...

BMA promotes occupational health

Healthcare Market News (News) May 1998The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced plans for a public campaign to promote occupational health for all those...

Support for moratoria underwriting

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) May 1998Prime Health and Norwich Union Healthcare are calling on the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to reconsider its...

Cancer resource launched

Healthcare Market News (News) May 1998Charity CancerBACUP has launched a new CD-Rom which aims to provide fast access to detailed medical information on specific...

OHRA links up with PMC

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) May 1998OHRA UK Ltd is offering policyholder's health screening services at a reduced rate, in association with the Pathology...