HMT submits plans for new hospital in Swansea

The Health Management Trust (HMT) has submitted a planning application to create a new hospital at Felindre Business Park in Swansea.The new hospital will...

Denplan defends market position

Specialist dental insurance provider Denplan has reaffirmed its position as the UK’s largest dental payment plan provider in the wake of the launch of...

NHS performance against key targets deteriorates Fundamental problems affecting the NHS will make it...

Whereas past dips in national performance have been attributed to a handful of ‘poorly per-forming’ hospital trusts, the study showed that marked deterioration on...

Over 3 million living with serious illness

Over three million people aged over 50 in the UK are living with a serious illness, according to insurer Engage Mutual.The over 50s life...

Service expands at new Poundbury Clinic

The King Edward VII’s Hospital Sister Agnes has launched a menopause service at its newly opened Poundbury Fertility Clinic.The service will be led by...

IMHSA backs taskforce report on CAMHS

The Independent Mental Health Services Alliance (IMHSA) has welcomed the publication of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Taskforce report Future...

Saga and Spire offer rehabilitation services

Spire Healthcare has teamed up with over-50s specialist Saga to offer its patients a post dis-charge rehabilitation service.Under the deal, Saga’s domiciliary care business...

Government takes action on inappropriate placements

The government is to take ‘radical’ action to ensure people with learning disabilities or autism do not continue to live in inappropriate hospital settings.Four...

Think tank proposes personal care budgets

Think tank Social Market Foundation (SMF) has called for the introduction of personal care accounts, which would include contributions from the individual as well...

Glen Care investment

Glen Care is making a major investment in its London Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre (LTRC) in Croydon to transform it into its new Neurocognitive...