HM Mental Health

Prudential has sold its remaining 25% stake in PruHealth and PruProtect to its joint venture partner for £155m.

A Health Select Committee enquiry into children and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) has concluded that there are serious and deeply ingrained problems’ with the commissioning and provision of services throughout the entire system.

A report published by the Transforming Care and Commissioning Steering Group, chaired by Sir Stephen Bubb, has called on NHS England to close inappropriate institutional inpatient facilities’ for people with learning disabilities and boost capacity in the community with the development of a new investment fund.

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.

Nightingale Hospital has become the first hospital in the UK to offer a new service for people with treatment resistant depression’.

The Independent Mental Health Services Alliance (IMHSA) has welcomed the publication of the government’s five-year plan for mental health, but said it needs to be undertaken alongside improvements in the tariff regime and in partnership with all mental health providers.

Craegmoor, part of the Priory Group of Companies, has invested over £800,000 in refurbishing and expanding residential services in Wakefield for individuals with Autism.

Specialist mental health services provider Raphael Healthcare is expanding its service offering to provide inpatient treatment for children and adults aged between 12 and 25.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has warned mental health services that poor performance could result in an early inspection and affect Star Ratings, after the results of its community mental health survey highlighted serious problems with some aspects of care.

East Riding Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has appointed PsychologyOnline to provide improved access to talking therapies’ for moderate depression, stress and anxiety.