Netcare poised to expand primary care operation in UK

Healthcare Market News (Company News) August 2004South African healthcare company Netcare is considering expanding its Medicross brand into the UK. Speaking at a Sasfin...

Reid announces abolition of NHS quangos

Healthcare Market News (News) August 2004John Reid has announced the NHS 'arm's length bodies' which will merge or be abolished under plans to redirect...

PCTs’ costs set to spiral with transfer of out-of-hours care

Healthcare Market News (News) August 2004Primary care trusts (PCTs) are unprepared for the financial burden of taking on out-of-hours GP services, MPs have warned....

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...

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...