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Sainsbury’s Centre calls for radical overhaul
The next decade should be spent developing a greater choice of treatments for people with mental health conditions according to a wide-ranging report endorsing...
Unhealthy diets linked to poor mental state
Poor dietary habits coupled with changes to the way food is manufactured are contributing to rising levels of mental illness in the UK according...
Dementia cases will top 81 million by 2040
A report produced by the global umbrella organisation Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) has estimated that the number of people globally diagnosed with dementia will...
Pilot launched to help those who lack capacity
The Department of Health (DH) has announced details of seven healthcare organisations that will head a pilot to develop the new Independent Mental Capacity...
Cannabis remains class C
The home secretary has chosen not to re-classify cannabis as a class B drug despite international research suggesting that users of the drug may...
NICE rethinks drugs decision
Almost a year after the controversial launch of its consultation on the withdrawal of four major Alzheimer’s drugs the National Institute for Clinical Excellence...
Dr Foster joins HSCIC
Healthcare information company Dr Foster has entered into a 50:50 joint venture with the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), a special NHS...
Mixed picture from latest delayed discharge stats
Delayed discharges have fallen again in England during the past six months, though at a slower rate than before. Figures published in the Chief...
IHF CEO moves to Alliance Medical
Tim Elsigood has left the Independent Healthcare Forum (IHF) to take up the post of managing director of UK business at Alliance Medical (see...
Former HC head joins BMI
Mark Avery has left the Healthcare Commission to take up the post of chief executive of BMI Healthcare’s Clementine Churchill hospital in Harrow.The Commission’s...
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