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...

Mental health services not improving quality of life

A survey by Rethink, the mental health charity, has revealed that 1% of the 3,000 people who answered were happy with their quality of...

Barchester makes another profits leap

Barchester Healthcare has confirmed that it made another leap forward in both profits and bed numbers in 2002. This solid performance, from the UK's...

Craegmoor develops Shepway service

Craegmoor Healthcare has developed a new supported living service for people with long term mental health needs through the Shepway Mental Health Housing Forum...

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,...