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Healthcare Market News (Parliament) February 2000 The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 20 January at column 585W) what percentage...

Prince of Wales makes the case for alternative medicine

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2003 The Prince of Wales met leaders from the UK's complementary and conventional medical organisations at St....

LIFT scheme for Plymouth

Healthcare Market News (News) December 2003 Sutton Harbour Holdings plc, the company behind Plymouth City Airport, has been chosen in partnership with...

BUPA opens Indian health facility

Healthcare Market News (News) October 1999 BUPA has entered into a partnership with an Indian company to open a new 'one stop'...

GPs should give up independent status

General practitioners should give up their independent contractor status and become NHS employees. This is the most radical alternative method of primary care funding considered by Professor Azeem Majeed, head of the department of primary care & public health at Imperial College London, in an editorial published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. Professor Majeed, who also works as a part-time GP in South London, suggests that the funding of primary care should also be modified in favour of methods that link workload more closely to funding.

One Medical Group restructures

One Medical Property, the healthcare premises developer, and One Medicare, the healthcare services provider owned by One Medical Property, have announced an organisational restructure after ten years of operation.

NHS Confederation to study management resources

Healthcare Market News (News) July 2001 The NHS Confederation has launched an investigation into the match between primary care trust (PCT) management...

Laing-Sodhexo-Siemens wins £350m Staffordshire deal

Healthcare Market News (Public Private Partnerships) February 2004 A consortium including John Laing plc, Sodhexo and Siemens has been appointed preferred bidder...

Patients not being put at centre of NHS care

Healthcare Market News (News) May 2005 Patient care is improving in high priority areas of the NHS such as cancer care and...

UNISON attacks LIFT plans

Healthcare Market News (News) August 2003 Public sector UNISON has stepped up its attack on the government's Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT)...