HM Mental Health

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) December 2003 Legislation to reform mental health policy was not included in the Queen's Speech for the...

The rise in detentions under the Mental Health Act may be are symptomatic of a healthcare system ‘under considerable strain’, says the Care Quality...

The Priory Group has announced two new acquisitions: the Peninsula Autism Services and Support Ltd (PASS) in Plymouth and Harbour Care covering Bournemouth and Poole.

Partnerships in Care has extended its existing care pathways following the acquisition of a 50-bed service in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, from The Danshell Group for an undisclosed sum.

Norman Lamb MP, the care minister, has written to the chairs of England’s health and wellbeing boards stressing their importance in implementing the recommendations contained within the Department of Health’s response to Winterbourne View.

NHS England has announced plans to move hundreds’ of people with a learning disability and/or autism out of hospital and into the community.

Healthcare Market News (News) July 2003 'Creeping charges' for NHS care are hitting the most vulnerable members of society, a consumer organisation...

A service for women with borderline personality disorder (BPD), which was introduced at the Priory Hospital Middleton St George in County Durham last year, is generating outcomes beyond expectations, according to the hospital.

Partnerships in Care (PiC) has extended its Essex learning disability services with the addition of ten new beds in three bungalows. The new service, based in Rainham, will focus on supporting residents to become increasingly independent. Its location within easy reach of community facilities such as shops and colleges will help facilitate social integration and enable residents to maintain independent living skills.

Healthcare Market News (News) April 1999 Initial proposals of the Mental Health Act Review Expert Committee have been issued for formal consultation...