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Mental health in later life to increase
As the population ages, over 3m pensioners will experience mental health conditions by 2021 unless action is taken to promote good health and well...
WPA achieves ISO 14001 in evolution towards reducing ‘carbon footprint’
Health insurer WPA has achieved the environmental standard ISO 14001 – one of only a few companies in its area to be recognised for...
Classic Hospitals acquires Liverpool’s Lourdes Hospital
Classic Hospitals has acquired Liverpool’s Lourdes Hospital from the Poor Servants of the Mother of God.It will join the nine other hospitals in the...
Skills for Health in further commitmentto delivering a flexible workforce
As the Sector Skills Council for the whole of the UK health sector (NHS, voluntary and independent sectors), Skills for Health is undertaking a...
British company launches comprehensive genetics service
A new service to offer a comprehensive genetics programme for breast and other cancers has been launched in London.Opaldia is the first healthcare company...
Unions unite to fight health reform
A campaign to call for an end to what is labelled ‘creeping privatisation’ is to be undertaken by up to a dozen trade union...
Four Seasons reinforces quality commitment
Four Seasons Health Care has established a clinical governance committee to underline its commitment to quality provision.Headed by Dr Pete Calveley, primary care medical...
NICE guidance accused of ‘destroying lives’
Hundreds of thousands of people with dementia will be forced to wait for their condition to deteriorate before being prescribed drugs according to the...
£145 for each home fall
Falls among the elderly have cost one ambulance service an average of £145 per call out, and can add up to two days of...
Think tank calls for supervised drug use
So-called ‘drug consumption rooms’ (DCR) should be set up around the UK in order to cut down the number of fatal overdoses and to...
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