Rehabilitation units open in Liverpool

Liverpool Council has set up five new rehabilitation units within a sheltered housing development. The units aim to provide a 'bridge' between hospital and...

New thinking on mental health

The government is to set up a National Institute for Mental Health (NIMHE) within the NHS Modernisation Agency to drive forward research and training...

Harrow Partnership

The NHS and social services in Harrow, London, have set up a partnership to deliver mental health services.Harrow and Hillingdon Healthcare NHS Trust and...

Delayed discharges

The Secretary of State for Health was asked (25 June 2001: Column: 27W) how many delayed discharges there were of NHS patients on (a)...

Continuing care guidance

The Secretary of State for Health was asked (5 July 2001: Column: 286W) for what reasons the Department of Health (DoH) did not meet...

New funds for Wales EMI

Welsh health minister Jane Hutt has announced £13.7m of Welsh Assembly funding towards three schemes to improve inpatient mental health and elderly care services.Hutt...

NHS expected to move out of deficit

Healthcare Market News (News) July 2001NHS trusts and health authorities in England suffered mounting deficits at the end of the 1990s, but the situation...

Results round up

Healthcare Market News (Company News) July 2001HealthsureCash plan provider HealthSure Group Limited has reported figures for the year ended 31 December 2000. The group...

Heart monitors

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) July 2001The Secretary of State for Health was asked (26 June 2001: Column: 71W) if he will fund the provision...

BMI hospital developments

Healthcare Market News (News) July 2001BMI has announced a number of refurbishments and developments at its hospitals. It has confirmed a £16m extension to...