New CMO appointed

Professor dame Sally Davies has been appointed as chief medical officer (CMO) for England.Dame Sally, who has been interim CMO since May, will take...

New group medical director at PiC

Quazi Haque has been appointed group medical director at Partnerships in Care (PiC).Dr Haque will take over from Dr John Taylor, who will be...

MedicX Fund boosted by £34m

Specialist healthcare property investor MedicX has successfully managed a new share issue, placing over 47m new ordinary shares onto the stock exchange and raising...

Suffolk mental health appointment

Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust has appointed Aidan Thomas as it’s interim head to oversee procedures while the merger with Norfolk and Waveney...

Eversheds’ launches new healthcare arm

The Dublin office of international law firm Eversheds has launched a healthcare unit, headed up by new Partner Aisling Gannon who, along with her...

Healthcare appoints manager

The Healthcare Homes’ facility Barking Hall, in Needham Market, is now under the management of Sally Chilvers following her appointment last month. Ms Chilvers’...

NICE accepts Alzheimer’s drugs

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has confirmed that it will lift restrictions on the use of three drugs - Donepezil...

Coalition pledges mental health funding

David Cameron’s coalition government has announced that it will pump ‘an additional investment of around £400m’ into mental health provision as part of a...

Affinity man leading Options

Former Affinity Healthcare chief executive Tommy MacDonald-Milner has re-entered the healthcare sector as the head of specialist education provider The Options Group.Mr MacDonald-Milner was...

Sector Opinion

Is the £400m funding shot for mental health care enough to transform services?The coalition government’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg last month announced that...