Leisure activities reduce dementia risk

Leisure activities may lower the risk of developing dementia according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine. The Einstein Aging Study...

Attitudes to mental illness worsen

Recent Department of Health national statistics indicate that attitudes to adults with mental illness have deteriorated over the last three years. The Seventh Survey...

NHS private hospital buys praised

Healthcare Market News (News) July 2003MPs have praised the acquisition of a London private hospital, and said the NHS should look for similar opportunities...

NHS pay beds

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) July 2003Michael Hancock asked the Secretary of State for Health (30 Jun 2003: Column 164W) how many pay beds there...

Mental health services fail to offer choice

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) July 2003Mental health services are failing users, with patients not being offered an adequate choice of treatment options, according...

Private enterprise stranglehold on NHS

Healthcare Market News (News) July 2003Unison has called on the government to limit private enterprise's role in the NHS, after revealing that more than...

‘Creeping charges’ blighting NHS

Healthcare Market News (News) July 2003'Creeping charges' for NHS care are hitting the most vulnerable members of society, a consumer organisation has warned.Charges such...

Clampdown on private overseas nurses?

Healthcare Market News (News) July 2003Ethical guidelines designed to prevent the NHS from poaching nurses from developing countries should be extended to the independent...

Cosmetic surgery faces tougher scrutiny

Healthcare Market News (News) July 2003The government has called for a thorough review of the cosmetic surgery sector after research has revealed many smaller...

Cosmetic surgeons should screen patients for mental illness

Healthcare Market News (News) July 2003Cosmetic surgeons should screen their patients to filter out those suffering from body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), according to a...