Ramsay completes £6m upgrade in Hertfordshire

Ramsay Health Care has completed a £6m upgrade at its Rivers and Pinehill hospitals in Hertfordshire to meet increased demand from private and NHS...

Charity changes name to Dementia UK

The charity previously known as ‘for dementia’ has rebranded as Dementia UK as part of a raft of changes being rolled out as a...

RCP launches dementia audit

The Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) has launched the first ever national audit of care provided in acute care settings for people with dementia...

Priory boosts south coast provision

The Priory Group has expanded its specialist mental health care portfolio with the opening of a unit for men over the age of 18...

Autism Strategy misses a chance

The first autism strategy for England will ‘kick-start fundamental change in public services’ according to the Department of Health (DH) which last month launched...

National Dementia Strategy cash has gone walkabout

In yet another blow to the government’s promise to make dementia care a national priority, the results of a Freedom of Information (FOI) request...

Company briefs

VANILLA SKY: Conservative party leader David Cameron visited Barchester Healthcare’s Winchester House, Kent, facility last month where he had a private meeting with chief...

DH releases £40m for end of life care

A £40m funding injection has been released by the Department of Health (DH) under its ten year End of Life Care strategy which will...

Norfolk suspends continuing care talks

A public consultation on the possibility of changing the way continuing care packages are managed across Norfolk was suspended by the council last month,...

Mental Disorder in prison

There are growing concerns that increasing financial pressure in the NHS will mean more mentally disordered people accommodated in prisons as commissioners look to...