Dementia (cont.)

Sylvia Hermon asked the Secretary of State for Health (25 October 2005; Column 259W) what specific training is provided to doctors, nurses and other...

NHS Continuing Care

Adam Holloway asked the Secretary of State for Health (25 October 2005; Column 266W) what steps her Department is taking to standardise the eligibility...

Growth for Yorkshire domiciliary healthcare provider

Two of the largest homecare providers in the north of England have joined forces in a six-figure deal that saw the Leeds-based provider Springfield...

Funding boost needed for Alzheimer’s research

The UK government must invest more money in research and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease if it wants to avoid building problems for the future,...

Government boost for alcohol treatment

The government has responded to research claiming that GPs are failing to adequately identify and treat patients with alcohol disorders by allocating £3.2m to...

Cash boost for ‘places of safety’

The Department of Health (DH) is to invest £130m in a programme to update facilities and processes used when people are brought to mental...

Abuse allegations in Cornwall lead to nationwide audit

The Healthcare Commission is to step up its nationwide operation of audit and inspection services for people with learning disabilities after it found ‘significant...

Government backdown on PCT reforms may put brake on district nurse outsourcing

The government appears to have diluted plans to force primary care trusts (PCTs) to cease direct service provision in order to focus on their...

Birmingham care bosses up before GMC

The owners of a Birmingham nursing home where the coroner was called in to investigate ‘serious concerns’ relating to resident deaths have appeared before...

Nine shortlisted for diagnostic deals

Nine private sector providers have been shortlisted to provide diagnostic services for the NHS over the next five years.The contracts, said to be worth...