Anger at residents’ deaths following nursing home closure

A private psychiatric care provider in Goole in east Yorkshire has been accused of mismanagement, following the deaths of seven residents of a former...

Barchester takes 25% stake in Cygnet

After releasing a strong set of results, Barchester, already Britain's six largest nursing and care home operator, signalled its intention to grow into an...

Britons ‘denied dementia drugs’

Alzheimer's sufferers are still facing barriers to using anti-dementia drugs, in spite of official guidance designed to improve access to them, campaigners have warned.The...

Independent Sector Treatment Centres

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) July 2004Andrew Lansley asked the Secretary of State for Health (10 June 2004: Column 547W) what the contract price of...

Doubts over Scottish schizophrenia care

People in Scotland with schizophrenia are being let down by a patchy network of care and poor record-keeping. According to the results of a...

Changes to shadow cabinet

The Conservative Party has announced changes to the shadow cabinet, with Tim Yeo moving from his post as shadow secretary for health and education...

Government presses ahead with revised Mental Health Bill

The government is set to reintroduce a controversial Mental Health Bill which could force mentally ill patients to undergo treatment and allow the detention...

CSR maintains NHS spending

Healthcare Market News (News) July 2004Chancellor Gordon Brown has confirmed the government's health spending plans for the next three years in his Comprehensive Spending...

Consultants

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) July 2004Andrew Lansley asked the Secretary of State for Health (29 June 2004: Column 161W) what proportion of consultants who...

Care home company takes 25% stake in Cygnet

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) July 2004Barchester Healthcare, Britain's sixth largest nursing and care home operator, last month signalled its intention to grow into...