Private Finance Initiative

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) December 1997The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 11 November at column 543) what progress is being made...

Public fear for future of NHS

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997Britons are pessimistic about the future of the NHS, believing that in ten year's time existing treatments will be...

Barbican acquisitions

Healthcare Market News (Company News) December 1997Barbican Healthcare plc, a provider of corporate and selected healthcare services, announced this month that it intends to...

Hospital waiting lists

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) December 1997The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 24 November at column 426) what plans there are to...

Gamma knife surgery centre

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997The Cromwell Hospital is to establish London's first gamma knife surgery centre. The gamma knife is used to treat...

Abbey National enters PMI market

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 1997Abbey National, the UK's fifth largest bank, has launched a private medical insurance scheme, offering two options to...

Proposed Caremark acquisition goes to MMC

Margaret Beckett, President of the Board of Trade, has decided, in accordance with the advice of the Director General of Fair Trading, to refer...

Claremont Hospital selected as MRI Centre

Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997The Claremont Hospital in Sheffield, owned by Bon Secours Health System, has been selected by the British Boxing Board...

BUPA intermediary training

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) December 1997BUPA has launched an interactive computer-based training programme as the centrepiece of an education programme for its HealthSelect...

Tamaris figures

Tamaris plc announced interim figures this month for the period ended 30 September 1997. Turnover rose 117% from £7.14m to £15.47m as did operating...