HM Mental Health

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) November 2003 Cygnet Healthcare is opening a new unit at its Westlands centre which caters for delayed...

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) August 2005 A course aimed at preventing psychological and behavioural problems in 12 to 18 year-olds has...

Healthcare Market News (Parliament) February 2003 Steve Webb asked the Secretary of State for Health (13 January 2003: Column 505W) how many...

Healthcare Market News (News) December 2003 The Independent Healthcare Association (IHA), the trade body which has - in various guises - represented...

Healthcare Market News (News) March 2000 Changes to the way high security psychiatric services (HSPS) are commissioned in England will commence on...

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) July 2004 A new 16-bed rehabilitation unit for adults with complex neurological needs has been opened at...

Healthcare Market News (News) May 1999 The Department of Health has published the interim report by the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide...

Hospital admissions for eating disorders are on the rise, according to new figures releases by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).

Analysis of the children and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) by think-tank Centre Forum has found that almost a quarter of those referred by GPs cannot access services due to strict eligibility criteria. The high thresholds are leading to 23% of children and young people being turned away from services, preventing early intervention – often the most effective treatment of mental health conditions and the government’s key strategy for people with mental health issues.

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) December 2002 The number of detentions under the Mental Health Act increased from 47,500 to 47,700 between...