PPP picks up award

A partnership between South Manchester Primary Care Trust and a BUPA operated care home has won an award for work it has done to...

Priory sale closes at massive £875m

After months of speculation the Priory Group has finally changed hands in a deal that has once again significantly raised the bar for what...

Healthcare Commission/ Commission for Social Care Inspection

Andrew Lansley asked the Secretary of State for Health (16 Jun 2005: Column 639W) what progress has been made on merging the Healthcare Commission...

Mental health in the elderly gets DH focus

As a precursor to a new service development guide to be published in the autumn the Department of Health (DH) has launched an online...

New Health Select Committee announced

As CCMN went to press the Department of Health (DH) announced the new chairman and members of the Health Select Committee.Subject to approval Kevin...

Marketing boost at Castlebeck

Castlebeck, specialist healthcare and rehabilitation provider for adults with learning difficulties, has strengthened its management team with the appointment of Simon Blunden as group...

Four Seasons appointments

Four Seasons Health Care has announced the appointment of Dominic Kay as the new company secretary and Joanne Strain as regional manager for its...

‘Community orientated’ healthcare proposed by think tank

Mental healthcare providers are preoccupied with risk management, medication and protecting the public from dangerous patients according to a report published by independent think...

Demand for PMI holds up in spite of NHS reform

Healthcare Market News (News) July 2005Demand for private medical insurance (PMI) remained stable in 2004 despite dramatic falls in NHS waiting lists. The latest...

Priory sale finally closes at massive £875m

Healthcare Market News (Company News) July 2005After months of speculation the Priory Group has finally changed hands in a deal that has once again...