Intermediate care beds

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (28 Apr 2004 : Column 1091W) how many intermediate care beds have been created...

Royal College of Psychiatrists issues guidance on Rowan Report

New guidance on how to spot abuse has been issued by the Royal College of Psychiatrists Faculty for the Psychiatry of Old Age. The...

St Luke’s Hospital Group

St Luke's Hospital Group, the independent mental health provider, is to open a multi-unit mental health facility on the site of a former hospital...

Rethink calls for mental health reforms

Rethink, the severe mental illness charity, has criticised the government for failing to improve the lives of long term mental healthcare services users. In...

Charity calls for independent clinical drug trials

Drugs used to treat people with mental health problems should be independently tested, according to the charity Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH). SAMH...

Care services

Kelvin Hopkins asked the Secretary of State for Health (31 March 2004 : Column 1509W) if he will make future provision of nursing care...

Dementia

Iris Robinson asked the Secretary of State for Health (1 Mar 2004 : Column 699W) what proportion of dementia sufferers were diagnosed before the...

Joseph Rowntree Report calls for more user involvement in risk assessments

New research has called for more efficient assessments of risk when dealing with mentally ill patients. The Bristol University study, Living with risk: mental...

NHS £400m land sale

Healthcare Market News (News) May 2004More than 100 surplus NHS sites are to be sold off for new housing, under a £400m deal struck...

Scottish opticians chain to do cataracts

Healthcare Market News (News) May 2004A major high street opticians chain could begin carrying out cataract surgery in a number of its stores across...