Benenden offers alternative 111 service
Benenden Health, the mutual healthcare provider, is running an alternative service to NHS 111. Benenden Health provides a 24 Hour GP Advice Line to its members. The phone-line is serviced by qualified, UK-based GPs and even accepts calls from around the world, giving medical advice to Benenden health members who are abroad at the time.
North West LIFT contracts
Healthcare Market News (News) December 2003 Contracts to run two LIFT projects with a combined value of £29m have been won by...
PCTs ordered to cease service provision under radical shake-up of local health bodies
Healthcare Market News (News) August 2005 Primary care trusts (PCTs) have been told that they need to cease their involvement in the...
Care UK to run Newcastle GP practice
A GP practice previously managed by NHS North of Tyne will soon be operated by Care UK.
Moonray invests in new breed telehealth
Moonray Healthcare, the investment company specialising in healthcare and medical sciences, has made a substantial investment in Wiltshire Medical Services (WMS), a primary care services provider.
The Practice acquires again
The Practice has acquired all six practices run by US-owned UnitedHealth UK for an undisclosed sum, with immediate affect.
Explicit principles of rationing should be agreed
Healthcare Market News (News) December 1998 A new report by Professor Alan Maynard and Karen Bloor, health economists at the University of...