RCN launches employer toolkit

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2000 The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has launched a guide for employers in the independent healthcare...

Kunick in France

Kunick, the leisure management group, reported in its interim statement to 31 March 2000 that its nine nursing homes in France, run through the...

Milburn defends Green Paper

Secretary of State for Health, Alan Milburn, has defended the government Green Paper on the reform of the Mental Health Act at a meeting...

Deafblind People

The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 19 May 2000 at column 282W) if deafblind users of domiciliary care services were involved...

Service recommendations for younger people with dementia

A new report published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and produced by the Faculty for Old Age Psychiatry, has put forward a series...

Standards for intermediate care

The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 9 June 2000 at column 403W) if, in respect of nursing homes and community-based settings,...

Craegmoor acquisitions

Craegmoor Healthcare has this month announced the acquisition of four homes, all of which cater for people with learning disabilities. Three of the homes...

Essex considering bids

Essex county council has received bids from two organisations for seven of its residential homes. The council sought expressions of interest for a total...

Mental health czar begins the process of reform

The National Director of Mental Health, Professor Louis Appleby, has described the challenges to be overcome to bring about long needed reform of mental...

Cheviot Artus launches health service

Healthcare Market News (News) June 2000Cheviot Artus has launched an occupational health package for the small to medium enterprise sector (SME).The Occupational Health &...