DoH advice wrong, say Age Concern
Community Care Market News (News) December 1997 Department of Health (DoH) guidance to local authorities regarding recent legal judgments is inaccurate and...
Opposition to consultant partnership continues
Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997 The British Medical Association (BMA) and the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) are continuing to...
Community bid for IBH
Healthcare Market News (Company News) December 1997 Community Hospitals Group plc (CHG) announced earlier this month that it had purchased from BUPA...
White paper spells out end for internal market
Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997 The government has published its long awaited White Paper on the NHS, paving the way for...
Financial pressures pose threat to local authority provision
Community Care Market News (News) December 1997 The Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) has published a briefing paper expressing concern about the...
NHS to reclaim traffic accident costs
Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997 The NHS will take action to claw back millions of pounds owed to hospitals by insurance...
Healthcall considers MBO
Healthcare Market News (Company News) December 1997 Healthcall, the leading independent provider of doctors' deputising services, has announced this month that its...
Clinical effectiveness can be routine
Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997 Clinical effectiveness can become routine practice if everyone involved in healthcare is supported to participate in...
Key indicators of personal social services
Community Care Market News (News) December 1997 An updated edition of the Key Indicators Graphical System has been issued which provides a...
Anaesthesia services could be improved
Healthcare Market News (News) December 1997 The Audit Commission has published a report criticising hospitals' management of anaesthesia services. Improved communications and...