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April brings advocacy changes for mentally infirm
Providers of care and support for service users who lack mental capacity should ensure they are familiar with the new Mental Health Act (2005)...
Mental Health Services: Private Sector
Douglas Carswell asked the Secretary of State for Health (8 Mar 2007: Column 2213W) how much funding from the public purse for treatment in...
High Court showdown for NICE decision
Drug manufacturers and campaign groups have been given the greenlight to take the government’s healthcare advisory body to court over its rulings concerning the...
Dignity for elders policy to sweep the NHS
The Healthcare Commission (HC) will publish a report on dignity in care for elderly patients in the NHS this summer following a month of...
PCs as GPs for cCBT
Computer-delivered therapy for people who suffer from mild depression and anxiety will be available as an alternative to medication and traditional face-to-face counselling from...
Residents left in pain, report claims
Research published by the Patients Association last month has called on the government to take urgent action to promote a more proactive approach to...
New hospital sees Cambian Healthcare top the table in female rehabilitation
Cambian Healthcare has become the largest independent provider of specialist female psychiatric rehabilitation in the UK, with the opening of the St Teilo House...
Essex ISTCs
Bob Spink asked (6 March 2007: Column 1964W) how many day beds and overnight beds will be provided at the proposed independent sector treatment...
Transfer of out-of-hours care provision ‘shambolic’, MPs claim
Preparations for the transfer of out-of-hours care from GPs to primary care trusts (PCTs) were shambolic and doctors were the only people to to...
Affinity women’s unit
Affinity Healthcare has opened a 28-bed specialist women’s unit at its Middleton St George Hospital near Darlington.The new Oak Unit began admitting patients last...
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