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New ministerial team responsibilities
Health secretary John Reid has set out the responsibilities of his new ministerial team. Mr Reid will have overall strategic responsibility for NHS improvement,...
Private healthcare
Healthcare Market News (Parliament) July 2003Gwyeth Dunwoody asked the Secretary of State for Health (3 Jul 2003: Column 496W) what recent undertakings have been...
Leisure activities reduce dementia risk
Leisure activities may lower the risk of developing dementia according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine. The Einstein Aging Study...
Beevor leaving Nestor
Nestor Healthcare has announced that Antony Beevor is to relinquish his role as non-executive chairman in order to reduce his overall level of commitments,...
Nestor receives bid approach
Nestor Healthcare, the leading temporary care staff provider, has announced an unsolicited approach regarding a possible offer for the company. The directors indicated that...
Personal Care
Nigel Jones asked the Secretary of State for Health (1 July 2003: Column 236W) what working definition of personal care is used when determining...
Streets to head up HDA
Paul Streets OBE has been appointed the new chief executive of the Health Development Agency (HDA). Streets is currently chief executive of Diabetes UK...
Attitudes to mental illness worsen
Recent Department of Health national statistics indicate that attitudes to adults with mental illness have deteriorated over the last three years. The Seventh Survey...
Scottish learning disability chair
The Scottish Executive has named the new chair of the Learning Disability Review's National Implementation Group. Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care Tom...
Consumer watchdog slams NHS Direct
Healthcare Market News (News) July 2003A consumer watchdog has claimed that patients calling the NHS Direct telephone helpline are being put at risk by...
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