after yesterdays agm statement the share price has risen 50% how much upside is left or is this another false dawn?
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/thewellnessshop.co.uk
womans hour link below.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/04/2008_08_mon.shtml

I have heard today, from a reliable source, that the company has been in BTB talks with a major North American health company to supply this product across the USA.

Well Master, it will be interesting to see how relaible your reliable source is ..... If the company's van driver, then probably 100% correct!

Something has lit a fire under ULT today.
Wonder if the USA rumour above is about to become real news.
Alan

up 16% 27m traded - anyone know of any news in the pipeline??

up 16% 27m traded - anyone know of any news in the pipeline??

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4763269.stm
Call to tackle therapist shortage 11/05/06

Campaigners are calling for better access to talking therapies
Too little is being done to tackle the shortage of talking therapies for people with depression, mental health campaigners say.

The charity Mind welcomed news that the government is to announce the sites of two talking therapy pilot centres aimed at helping people back to work.

If the pilots succeed, the scheme could be rolled out across England.

Mind says evidence from its helpline callers show 83% take medication while only 6% receive therapy for depression.

Eighty-three per cent of people reporting depression or anxiety disorders are receiving medication, while only 4% are receiving psychotherapy and only 2% CBT

Marjorie Wallace, Sane


The centres, offering cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) will be in Doncaster and Newham.

They will be open to all adults of working age, but it will be particularly targeted at the one in three people on Incapacity Benefit who have depression in a bid to help them back to work, as well as improve their condition.

In November last year, Lord Layard, a Labour peer and director of the centre for economic performance at the London school of economics, called for 10,000 more therapists should be trained in CBT.

He also called for a network of 250 dedicated psychological centres set up.

Baby harm fears

Mind said it was pleased the government was rolling out the CBT pilots, but said there were still many people unable to access the therapy.

It says seven guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, set up by the government to make recommendations about NHS care, say CBT should be the key treatment for anxiety, depression, depression in children and young people, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and schizophrenia.

A report from the charity to be published next week also warns that GPs have to give pregnant women who are depressed depression pills instead of therapy because of the shortage.

Research has suggested there could be a risk that the baby will be premature, too small or experience withdrawal from the drugs they were exposed to in the womb.

A spokesman said: "This is a particularly vulnerable group, as not only do they need to recover as soon as possible to look after and bond with their babies, but also there may be problems for mothers taking drugs while pregnant or while breast-feeding."

Marjorie Wallace, chief executive of the mental health charity Sane, said: "Our evidence from several hundred thousand callers to our helpline reveals a shocking situation in which 83% of people reporting depression or anxiety disorders are receiving medication, while only 4% are receiving psychotherapy and only 2% CBT."

NICE FIND JONDOUG

http://www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/PressReleases/PressReleasesNotices/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4134785&chk=HKLLdo
End of the 'prozac nation' - More counselling, more therapy, less medication to treat depression
Published:

Friday 12 May 2006

Reference number:

2006/0177


People suffering from depression will be able to have better access to counselling and talking therapies under a major new programme announced today by Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt.

At the moment many people with mild to moderate depression find it difficult to access talking therapies, with services patchily spread across the country. This is despite clinical evidence showing that better access to therapies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) can help cure depression and reduce time off work due to ill-health. Patients also prefer to receive talking therapies rather than medication.

The programme, announced today by Patricia Hewitt in a speech to the National Mental Health Partnership Conference, consists of two demonstration sites in Doncaster and Newham, which will be linked to a regional network of local improvement programmes. The two demonstration sites will bring together key programmes in the NHS, voluntary sector and local employers to test various models that can be implemented nationally.

Announcing the launch of the programme today, Miss Hewitt said:



"Millions of people suffer from mild to moderate mental health problems, and treating them takes up about a third of GPs' time. Too many people are prescribed medication as a quick fix solution, but talking therapies work equally well and patients prefer to receive them.

"We know that people in work have better health than those out of work and the Choosing Health White Paper made clear that work matters - it can improve your mental and physical health, reduce health inequalities and improve life chances for people and their families.

"I hope that these pilot sites will provide real, tangible evidence of the effectiveness of investing in talking therapies. They will help break the cycle of deprivation, where poor health leads to unemployment and wasted lives as people fail to reach their full potential."

Rethink chief executive Cliff Prior said:

"This could be the beginning of a dramatic advance in mental health. We know from our members that there is a huge demand for talking therapies. We also know that there is already a strong evidence base to support these types of interventions. We hope that the pilot sites will report quickly and positively so that this initiative can become a full national programme available to everyone who needs it."

Paul Farmer, Chief Executive of Mind, said:

"Mind has long been campaigning for a wider choice of therapies, including talking therapies, to be readily available on the NHS for all who need them. We hope that these pilot schemes will be a first step towards making this a reality, and look forward to the scheme's extension to cover the whole population.

"We are delighted to finally see delivery of pilot schemes for these urgently needed alternative treatments to medication, now advocated by several NICE guidelines as frontline treatments. Giving people the chance to learn coping strategies and self-management techniques can help reduce the risk of mental health problems returning later on."

Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health chief executive Angela Greatley said:

"People with depression and anxiety have for too long been offered little more than medication. For a significant minority, this is not enough to help them to recover. As a result, many lose their jobs, drop out of education or see their relationships break down. Waiting times for psychological therapies are long, despite the mass of evidence about their benefits for many people. Today's announcement should be the beginning of a new approach that ensures timely access to effective treatment and practical support, with real choices and care close to home."

Notes to editor

1. Improving access to talking therapies has the potential to save the economy millions of pounds by helping people with mild to moderate depression to get back into employment and off incapacity benefit. About one in three of the 1.3 million people claiming long-term incapacity benefit in the UK have a mental health problem, mostly mild to moderate depression.

2. The pilots will provide real evidence of the benefits that can be gained from increasing access to psychological therapies, both to the individual and to the local economy. They have been given 3.7 million funding over two years from the Department of Health.

The two sites have been chosen because they serve very different demographics with different health needs, and they offer different treatment models such as community-based, voluntary sector-led, or employer-led.

Local people will benefits from the pilots by having:

Access to coping strategies and support as an alternative to taking sick leave from work due to depression

Better support in the work place from Occupational Health

Retaining employment, even where the individual may suffer from stress, anxiety or depression

Enabling people on benefits to return to work more quickly

More choice over their care and treatment

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15 May 2006



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with the next results update due in sept,it looks like the s/price will trade in a range of around 2p unless they are tipped in a mag or paper.

woodie, how long wil ult stay at it current price. surely that rise in feb time was great but shot back down. im just waiting for another one of those

jamee106 my feeling is until sept when revenues become clear then it might trade in a different range.for long term holders like myself it makes no difference if they is a short time spike like the last one,having said that it is news driven and if tipped in a paper or a mag it will spike for day traders to get out,the co are moving away from this as it wants a stable s/price so they are being selective in the issue of newsflow.are you looking to exit on the first spike?

I was making a loss on another stock and bank on this to recover in long-term and as soon as it does I will exit. Well this was my earlier plan. But I want to persuade myself to hold for longterm if I can quite.

what do you call long term? if you are looking 2 years or more iam confident the s/p will be well above this level.

is it down again 2day?

pre open it is down but then a lot of stocks will be down ,mms will mark down any share to get weak holders out to sell back at a higher price.

woodie, so are you in thise stock? As the only reasons to hold in long term is if you thought it would giv e better return then others?

jamee yes i think this will give you a better return over a 2 year period then most stocks quoted.

For it is worth - I have been in ULT since Mar 05 - every time stock went up on news etc I managed to sell half my holdings and bank some profits and bought on the deeps and now have a substantial holding ( half of which is out of gains). I think patience with this one will make anyone good returns in the long run ( next two years) . With Canada and US still to come and UK contracts under NHS to come we can but only hope for the best. p/271

pension thanks for input endorsing my views.