NHS/National Health Service
Long Term Care
Cuts to long-term care funding could lead to a shortfall of almost 100,000 care home beds over the next ten years, according to a new study.
24 February 2011
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2 min read
PMI
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) has rejected the use of Avastin for metastatic breast cancer on the NHS.
23 February 2011
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1 min read
Group Protection
Legal & General has welcomed government plans to increase access to treatment for mental health conditions and adopt approaches successfully used by group risk providers.
03 February 2011
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2 min read
Long Term Care
Up to 250,000 people with dementia receive care and support that fails to meet their needs, resulting in 50,000 people being forced into care homes early, an Alzheimer's Society report has found.
26 January 2011
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1 min read
PMI
The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) has seen a significant increase in membership over the past six months.
24 January 2011
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1 min read
Cashplans
The recession has seen spending on private dentistry fall for the first time on record, according to Laing and Buisson's Dentistry UK Market Report 2011, yet dental plans are ever more popular.
14 January 2011
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2 min read
uncategorised
The dental benefits market is changing. Pam Whelan runs through what brokers need to know to keep up to date
11 January 2011
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6 min read
PMI
The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) wants the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) review of the private healthcare sector to produce greater clarity from medical insurers and practitioners.
06 January 2011
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2 min read
uncategorised
The British Medical Association has called Government plans to give GPs more control of a £5bn education and training budget "troubling".
21 December 2010
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1 min read
PMI
NHS drugs could be bought on a value-based approach if proposals from the government are approved.
16 December 2010
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1 min read
