Craegmoor closes psychiatric unit

Craegmoor has announced the closure of Sutton Manor - its 28-bed acute psychiatric clinic in Essex. Commenting on the home's closure at the end...

BUPA launches online resource

Healthcare Market News (News) February 2002BUPA has launched a new website designed to help consultants stay abreast of developments in their own area of...

London Heart Hospital

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) February 2002The Secretary of State for Health was asked (19 December 2001: Column: 444W) how many beds are available in...

Cash plans still valid for patients treated abroad

Healthcare Market News (Insurance News) February 2002Health cash plan members referred by the NHS for treatment elsewhere in the EU will be entitled to...

New learning disability task force

Health Minister Jacqui Smith has appointed Chris Davies as the new chair of the Learning Disability TaskForce. The task force will oversee implementation of...

Extra money for cancer services

Healthcare Market News (News) February 2002The Department of Health has announced a new £2.3m package to improve cancer monitoring and involve more patients in...

Agency nurses

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) February 2002The Secretary of State for Health was asked (8 January 2002: Column: 641W) how much the NHS spent on...

Report highlights consultant shortage

Healthcare Market News (News) February 2002There is a shortage of doctors in virtually every medical speciality, a report published by the Royal College of...

Delayed discharges

The Secretary of State for Health was asked (14 January 2002: Column: 80W), pursuant to his answer of 15 October 2001, Official Report, column...

Milburn seeks better deal from private sector

Healthcare Market News (News) February 2002Alan Milburn is seeking to drive down the price of treating NHS patients in the private sector through a...