Health visitors and Sure Start

David Kidney asked the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (20 June 2007: Column 1894W) what guidance he gives local authorities on the...

Inequality in children’s centres

Kitty Ussher asked the Minister for Children and Families (28 Jun 2007: Column 464) what assessment he has made of the impact that children’s...

NCH warns of mental health problem rise

National children’s charity NCH has warned that mental health disorders in children are on the rise, and says there is a steady decline in...

New PM makes clean sweep of DH ministerial team

Independent sector providers have given a cautious welcome to the ministerial changes at the Department of Health (DH) announced by new prime minister Gordon...

Welsh Assembly set to eliminate NHS’s use of private sector

The new Welsh assembly coalition government has pledged to end the use of private hospitals by the NHS in Wales by 2011.The pledge is...

Unsettling times ahead as new health team launches review of NHS

Independent sector providers remain optimistic that the government’s market-based NHS reforms will continue under Gordon Brown’s leadership, despite the wide-ranging review of the NHS...

NHS Partners Network joins NHS Confederation

The NHS Partners Network has joined the NHS Confederation after a vote to admit affiliate members as core members was ratified at the Confederation’s...

Scottish minister signals end to private sector involvement in NHS

It was never going to be the most passionate of relationships, but it seems that the Scottish government’s brief love affair with the independent...

NHS funded pregnancy terminations continue to rise

The number of terminations of pregnancy performed in the private sector under NHS contract increased in 2006, continuing the upward trend begun in the...

Oasis bidding war rages as rivals up the stakes

A victor in the bidding war for dental services provider Oasis Healthcare was yet to emerge as HMN went to press with rival bidders...