New cash plan from Medicash

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) November 2002Medicash has launched a low cost cash plan scheme for corporate members. Medicash Reward is open to all...

RCP report on services for black and ethnic minority elders

A report published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) last month makes a number of recommendations for improving mental health services for black...

Four Seasons granted planning permission

Four Seasons Health Care has been granted planning permission to build a 39-bed locked intensive care unit for people with mental health needs despite...

Adolescents with learning disabilities likely to have mental health needs

There are high levels of mental health problems in adolescents with learning disabilities, and male adolescents whose background is known to be disrupted could...

DoH sets out three-year priorities

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2002 Priorities and a new planning system for the NHS and social services have been set out...

Dentists reluctant to take on NHS patients

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) October 2002Many people in England and Wales find it impossible to access continuing NHS dental care, whilst others are treated...

New BMA committee

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2002A new committee has been established by the British Medical Association to represent the interests of staff and associate...

RCP voices anxiety about draft mental health bill

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) October 2002The Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) has expressed 'extreme anxieties' over the government's proposed changes to the Mental...

Hospices face closure without funding

Healthcare Market News (News) October 2002Charitable hospices are urging the government to provide them with state funding before financial pressures force them into closure....

Proposals to remove restrictions on dental body corporates

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) October 2002The Department of Health (DoH) has published its proposed amendments to the Dentists Act 1984 for consultation. Under the...