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Dementia research funding must triple
Two of the UK’s leading dementia charities have issued a joint statement urging the government to increase its commitment to scientific research into the...
LCA fears return to days of poor communication
Lancashire Care Association (LCA) is urging the local council, primary care trusts (PCTs) and independent providers to ensure that lines of communications remain strong...
Primary care at a premium as GP retainers prevail
Despite a 2004 government ruling stating the payment of retainer fees should be abolished for all but enhanced services and management support, primary care...
Priory site offers transition support
The Priory Hospital Hayes Grove has launched a specialist unit for people with autistic spectrum disorders and Asperger’s Syndrome who are leaving education or...
Hospices question additional funding promise
Despite the fact that almost half of the country’s primary care trusts (PCTs) have chosen end of life care as one of their priority...
Standard Life launches flexible product for individuals
Standard Life Healthcare has launched a flexible individual insurance product designed to give subscribers more control over their premiums.Personal Healthcare enables subscribers to build...
New rights for cancer patients
Cancer patients who have to wait more than two weeks for a specialist appointment will be given the right to seek treatment from an...
No renewal for Netcare ISTC contract
Independent sector treatment centre (ISTC) providers whose contracts are coming up for renewal are bracing themselves for the fall-out from under-utilisation after it emerged...
Green light for Barking & Dagenham merger
The Competition and Cooperation Panel (CPP) has recommended that the proposed merger of Barking & Dagenham community services and North East London Foundation Trust...
IS feels the Revalidation effect
The introduction of medical revalidation across the UK represents the biggest change to the way doctors are regulated in the history of medical regulation.
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