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New mental health provider plans ten units over next five years
A new player has emerged on the mental health scene with plans to develop ten hospitals over the next two and a half years...
Independent hospitals improve but watchdog calls for better data
Independent hospital providers have improved over the last year, but need to collect better quality information, particularly around outcome measurements, the Healthcare Commission said...
Managers adopt healthier lifestyles
Senior managers have healthier lifestyles than employees with no managerial responsibilities, according to new findings from Legal & General.The Health Uncovered research reveals how...
Top award for healthcare solicitor
A senior partner at Hempsons has won an Action for Victims of Medical Accidents (AvMA) award. Bertie Leigh, who has a history of acting...
Farewell wave two…
It is almost five years since HMN ran with the lead story that independent sector providers had been invited to run what were then...
The Retreat remains steady as challenging conditions persist
Society of Friends-owned mental health services provider The Retreat has reported a 5.5% increase in income for the year ended 31 December 2006, despite...
Carter report on future of prisons light on mental health
A word search on Lord Carter’s Review of Prisons, published by the Justice Ministry in December, reveals three occurrences of the word ‘mental’.The first...
FIPO launches new patient charter More than twenty professional medical organisations have...
Launched last month at a meeting attended by health minister, Lord Darzi of Denham, the FIPO patient charter reaffirms doctors’ commitment to high-quality patient...
Medicentres acquisition boosts revenues for Casualty Plus
The acquisition of Medicentres has helped drive a more than five-fold increase in turnover for private primary and urgent care operator Casualty Plus.In its...
Flat year at AXA PPP Healthcare Occupational
AXA PPP Healthcare Occupational Health Services Limited, the occupational health and consultancy services arm of AXA PPP Healthcare Group plc, reported lack-lustre numbers for...
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