Private medical insurers and providers of health care services need to work more closely together so that patients receive the best care possible, say the Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Standing Committee of the Independent Healthcare Association. Patients need to know their entitlements to health care services under their private medical insurance policies.

A Committee of Enquiry has been established, under the Chairmanship of National Children's Home (NCH) Chief Executive, Tom White CBE, on the issue of children and young people who abuse other children. The Committee met for the first time on 1 October 1990 and will meet over the next year on about ten occasions.