Long term conditions ride high in new GP contracts

Changes to the new GP contract from the Department of Health (DH) will see doctors encouraged to take a more direct role in managing...

Scottish protection laws to get tougher

The Scottish Executive has published a Bill designed to offer increased protection to adults at risk of abuse and to enhance powers already in...

Government launches new Mental Health Bill

The Department of Health (DH) has dropped its controversial Mental Health Bill and published a new shorter document to amend current legislation following criticism...

Care Provision

Sandra Gidley asked the Secretary of State for Health (27 February 2006: Column 418W) (1) what further steps she plans to take to communicate...

New service helps independent healthcare providers unite to face key challenges

A new service to aid the independent hospital provider sector as it meets the challenges of delivering quality in today’s highly-regulated healthcare marketplace has...

Hewitt announces independent clinical audit of ISTCs

In evidence to the Health Select Committee on 26 April, Secretary of State for Health Patricia Hewitt announced that an independent clinical audit of...

Planning awarded to £1.5m centre for people with dementia

The charity Friends of the Elderly has received planning permission to build a new £1.5 million resource centre for older people with dementia in...

General Healthcare Group sold to consortium led by Netcare UK

General Healthcare Group, one of the UK’s largest independent healthcare providers, is to be sold to a consortium led by the UK arm of...

Select committee considers inquiry into NHS cuts

The House of Commons Health Select Committee is to consider launching an inquiry into job losses and hospital closures in the NHS.While Tony Blair...

BUPA criticised over selection process for MRI network

BUPA Insurance’s new specialist MRI network has been described as a shambles by hospital providers after it emerged that some units on the insurer’s...