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North Staffs gives extra care a LIFT
A £15m extra care complex with three adjoining GP practices, NHS dental clinic and a range of other community-based healthcare services opened its doors...
NAO calls for improved autism support
Central government and local authorities alike must do more to increase their understanding of autism if the country is to develop support services which...
New early detection test for Alzheimer’s
Doctors have developed a new self-administered memory test which trials have suggested is almost twice as effective at detecting the early stages of Alzheimer’s...
Alzheimer’s Society recruits MP
Former Home Secretary David Blunkett has joined the Alzheimer’s Society as its new vice-president, having been a long-time supporter of the organisation through his...
NICE stands firm on Alzheimer’s ruling
In a statement published by the government’s drug watchdog, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), this month it was confirmed that...
Recovery must be the focus of mental health services
Mental health services must place more emphasis on the principles of recovery and helping service users to ‘live a life beyond illness’, according to...
Eversheds sign on to procurement collective
Specialist legal firm Eversheds has become the latest partner in an umbrella organisation designed to deliver savings to a collective of 32 NHS Trusts...
Commercial Directorate scrapped by DH
The Department of Health (DH) Commercial Directorate is to be axed and replaced with a new procurement and investment division along with a network...
Community services require robust tendering
Effective commissioning will play a crucial role in transforming community services, but commissioners will need to become more robust about which services they put...
CCP investigates transfer of community services
The Co-operation and Competition Panel (CCP) is embarking on its first merger enquiry after NHS Barking & Dagenhan proposed to transfer its community health...
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