Huntercombe Group partnership awarded Bristol CAMHS contract
The Huntercombe Group (TGH) has secured a contract to provide Tier 4 child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in Bristol as part of a unique NHS and independent sector partnership.
Partnerships in Care adolescent unit
Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) August 2003 Partnerships in Care has told HMN of plans to build a new adolescent secure unit...
Inmind expands Leeds facility
Inmind Healthcare Group is nearing completion of a 33-bed low secure unit for women with complex needs in at its Waterloo Manor facility in Garforth, Leeds.
NHS providing poor quality mental healthcare say GPs
Almost three in five GPs believe that the NHS is providing sub-standard care for mental health patients, according to research carried out by Aviva.
French company buys Nightingale
French private mental healthcare specialist Groupe Sinoué has acquired Florence Nightingale Hospitals Ltd, the UK subsidiary of the Swedish-based Capio Groupe, for an undisclosed sum.
Public health strategy published
Healthcare Market News (News) July 1999 Frank Dobson, Secretary of State for Health, this month announced publication of the White Paper, Saving...
£77m funding for Care Principles
Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) December 2003 Care Principles Group Ltd, the medium secure psychiatric operator, has announced that it has secured...
Government takes action on inappropriate placements
The government is to take radical action to ensure people with learning disabilities or autism do not continue to live in inappropriate hospital settings.
Four Seasons development stalled
Healthcare Market News (News) May 2002 Four Seasons Health Care's proposal to build a two-storey intensive care unit for patients with mental...
Mental health patients use NHS more
Mental health service users have double the rate of hospital attendances compared to the general population across A&E, inpatients and outpatient services, according to Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) data. Four in 10 service users visited A&E at least once in 2011/12 compared to two in 10 of the general population.