Netcare CATS

Gordon Prentice asked (8 November 2006: Column 1843W) if the Department of Health (DH) would publish the contract to be entered into by the...

Extended schools health guide

A brief guide featuring case studies has been produced by the government to explain how extended schools can help health professionals achieve their targets...

Legal Eye: Christmas capers and New Year’s resolutions

At the best of times the run up to Christmas can be more than a little fraught for hardworking human resources professionals, and what...

TGI Fridays chief joins Barchester Healthcare

Barchester Healthcare has appointed Tim Hammond as managing director. Hammond is currently managing director of TGI Fridays, the family restaurant business. Mike Parsons, Barchester’s...

Legal Eye: Christmas capers and new year’s resolutions

At the best of times the run up to Christmas can be more than a little fraught for hardworking human resources professionals, and what...

New appointment at Harts Leap Hospital

Harts Leap Independent Hospital in Sandhurst, Berkshire has appointed Dr Harvey Wickham as consultant psychiatrist.Harts Leap Hospital is a low secure medical facility which...

NICE faces judicial review

Almost two years after first mooting the withdrawal of the country’s three main treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, the National Institute for Health and Clinical...

Crushed pills could cost lives

Care professionals have been told that if they crush up tablet medication to make it easier for patients to swallow they could significantly alter...

Wanless to return to healthcare spending review

The King’s Fund has commissioned healthcare analyst Sir Derek Wanless to revisit his 2002 review of the NHS for the Treasury as part of...

Dementia services under the looking glass

The Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Research and Training Unit has begun a six month research project that will become the first stage in the...