Foundation hospitals’ private patient work will be limited
Healthcare Market News (News) December 2002 The number of private patients treated in foundation hospitals will be strictly limited, Health Secretary Alan...
Think tank recommends compulsory health insurance
Healthcare Market News (News) March 2003 A cross-party group of health professionals, academics, journalists and other prominent figures has recommended a radical...
Health success for AMEC
Healthcare Market News (News) May 2000 Capital projects group AMEC has secured three contracts for the design and construction of three new...
BUPA opens new health centre
Healthcare Market News (News) May 2000 BUPA has opened a new 'wellness' centre in Leeds. The centre forms the model for a...
Non-NHS hospitals
Healthcare Market News (Parliament) November 2002 Mark Hoban asked the Secretary of State for Health (14 October 2002: Column 515W) what assessment...
Cash boost for NHS dentistry
Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) October 2000 Health minister Lord Philip Hunt has unveiled details of the government's strategy for NHS dentistry, to...
Concern over ‘private’ primary care
Healthcare Market News (News) May 2001 Moves by private companies into the ownership and provision of primary care premises could put the...
NHS must use private providers
Healthcare Market News (News) June 1999 The NHS must make greater use of the private sector as a provider of healthcare services,...
Clinical indicators published
Healthcare Market News (News) June 1999 The Department of Health (DoH) has published clinical indicators and high level performance indicators for all...
OFT approves SSP Merseyside contract
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has approved the award of contracts to SSP Health Ltd, the primary care practice provider, to manage and operate 22 medical practices in Merseyside.