£9m mental health unit for Oxfordshire
Health Minister Paul Boateng this month announced a new £9m mental health unit for Oxfordshire. The unit will be funded through the Private Finance...
Sinclair Montrose
Healthcare Market News (Company News) June 1998Rumours in the market state that Sinclair Montrose is currently in discussions to sell one of its core...
Group sets out recommendations
The Independent Reference Group set up to review the provision of mental health services and the proposed closure of long-stay hospitals has put forward...
Chiropody services
The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 1 June 1998 at column 132) what response has been made by the Department of...
Mental health services
The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 20 May 1998 at column 429) to make a statement on the means by which...
Learning disabled people
The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 5 June 1998 at column 408) what estimate has been made of the number of...
Funding problems and delays at Guy’s Hospital
Healthcare Market News (News) June 1998A damning report from the National Audit Office, published this month criticises the development of Thomas Guy House, a...
Support for PCGs
Healthcare Market News (News) June 1998A survey of health authority finance directors conducted by the Health Service Journal and the Healthcare Financial Management Association...
Funding announced to help develop complementary and alternative medicine
Healthcare Market News (News) June 1998Further funding to help the professional organisation of complementary and alternative medicine in the UK was announced this month...
DoH to commission mental health research
Healthcare Market News (News) June 1998The Department of Health (DoH) is inviting tenders for its mental health research programme which seeks to provide a...