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Tory report links cannabis and poor mental health
A report prepared for the Conservative party’s review of social justice policy has controversially claimed that eight out of ten people suffering with the...
Wales pushes forward with mental health plan
Welsh health and social minister Brian Gibbons has launched a four month consultation on the country’s new Mental Health Promotion Action Plan. Stakeholders have...
Continuing Health Care
John Baron asked the Secretary of State for Health (20 Oct 2006: Column 1470W) (1) what estimate she has made of the number of...
Health Visitors and Nursery Nurses
Charles Hendry asked the Secretary of State for Health (24 October 2006: Column 1842W) how many (a) health visitors and (b) nursery nurses were...
Health minister signals bigger role for independent sector in NHS primary care
Independent providers could play a bigger role than anticipated in the delivery of primary care services. Health minister Lord Warner has called on primary...
Capio targets NHS patients with new ad campaign
Capio Healthcare UK has become the first independent hospital provider to advertise its services for NHS patients. The company, which mooted the idea earlier...
ECN announcement raises questions over BMI’s dual track approach
The future of General Healthcare Group’s (GHG) ‘dual-track’ strategy is unclear following the announcement that NHS patients will be treated at existing BMI hospitals...
Independent providers told to raise their game on safety standards
The independent sector is no better than the NHS at ensuring patient safety, the Healthcare Commission claimed last month. Publishing the independent watchdog’s annual...
DH publishes test version of 2007/08 national tariff
‘Steady as we go’ seems to be the Department of Health’s (DH) approach to the national tariff as it publishes its test version for...
NHS Patients rate car parking over NHS status when choosing a hospital
Only a fraction of patients cited NHS status as an important factor when choosing a hospital, according to a national survey on the implementation...
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