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Private equity firms eye Nestor
A host of private equity companies and healthcare providers are reportedly lining up to eye the troubled health and social care business Nestor Healthcare.Despite...
Craegmoor emerging from the tunnel
Amid continued speculation that private equity group Legal and General Ventures (LGV) plans to sell Craegmoor Limited (CCMN March 2008), the specialist healthcare provider...
Mental healthcare for Scots veterans
As a result of guidelines issued by the Scottish Government calling for better support for the mental health needs of people in the armed...
Dementia research gets high profile funding boost
Author Terry Pratchett helped to throw funding shortfalls for Alzheimer’s Disease into the public gaze last month after making a personal donation of £500,000...
CBT has positive impact on patients who self-harm
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) can provide significant benefits to people who self harm, according to a new study from the Netherlands.Published in the March...
DH to spend more on talking therapies
Health Secretary Alan Johnson has revealed details of a major new spending programme to dramatically increase the number of people trained as psychological therapists...
Castlebeck opens autism facility
Specialist provider Castlebeck has opened a hospital for people with autism near Birmingham.
Wast Hills House, together with its Lodge and Annexe, is situated in...
Palliative Care
Willie Rennie asked the Secretary of State for Health (14 Mar 2008: Column 675W) by what mechanisms his department maintains standards in care plans...
Prison shortfalls offer opportunities for providers
With the average daily population of the UK’s prisons having increased by a massive 60% over the past decade, the number of inmates with...
What future for computer CBT?
An Australian study comparing the effects of internet delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with a website offering straight information on depression has found that...
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