Publication of MRSA rates could impact on patient choice initiative

Healthcare Market News (News) August 2004The risk of acquiring MRSA in an independent hospital is significantly less than in the NHS, the Independent Healthcare...

Surplus capacity

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) August 2004Patsy Calton asked the Secretary of State for Health (12 July 2004: Column 945W) what surplus capacity in each...

Doubts over Scottish schizophrenia care

People in Scotland with schizophrenia are being let down by a patchy network of care and poor record-keeping. According to the results of a...

Independent Sector Treatment Centres

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) July 2004Andrew Lansley asked the Secretary of State for Health (10 June 2004: Column 547W) what the contract price of...

Government presses ahead with revised Mental Health Bill

The government is set to reintroduce a controversial Mental Health Bill which could force mentally ill patients to undergo treatment and allow the detention...

Britons ‘denied dementia drugs’

Alzheimer's sufferers are still facing barriers to using anti-dementia drugs, in spite of official guidance designed to improve access to them, campaigners have warned.The...

Changes to shadow cabinet

The Conservative Party has announced changes to the shadow cabinet, with Tim Yeo moving from his post as shadow secretary for health and education...

Anger at residents’ deaths following nursing home closure

A private psychiatric care provider in Goole in east Yorkshire has been accused of mismanagement, following the deaths of seven residents of a former...

New contract for staff doctors comes a step closer

Healthcare Market News (News) July 2004The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced that progress has been made on the proposed new contract for doctors...

New prostate treatment opens at London Clinic

Healthcare Market News (News) July 2004The London Clinic is now offering laser surgery for the treatment of benign prostate gland enlargement. Professor Roger Kirby,...