HC-One Oswestry care home on course to open in winter
Structural building work on HC-One’s care home in Oswestry, Shropshire, has completed with the development due to open in winter.
The 80-bedroom property, which will be named Bluebell View, is being delivered by Greenchurch Developments and is a three-storey setting. It will feature residents’ lounges, reading rooms and a reception...
Community Integrated Care and Inspire to merge
Community Integrated Care (CIC) and Inspire intend to merge, with the transition expected to be complete in August.
Both charities support people with learning disabilities, mental health conditions and complex care needs, assisting them to live independently. There are no plans to close any services and, in the short term,...
Audley IRC development to help secure Young Epilepsy services
Audley Group has had planning permission for an integrated retirement community granted despite concerns over the development’s harm to the green belt.
Development of the site in Lingfield, Surrey, owned by Young Epilepsy, will help secure the future for the charity’s special education services (St Piers School and College), while...
Eden Futures recruits Tim Coe as group financial controller
Supported living provider Eden Future has appointed Tim Coe to the role of group financial controller and promoted Chris Rogers to director of service development.
Coe will be responsible for managing and developing the finance team, ensuring all financial information is processed and reported on time, while complying with reporting regulations and legislation.
He qualified as a chartered accountant ten years ago in a small accountancy practice before moving into the into the care industry.
Meanwhile, Rogers is a qualified social worker and has worked in the social care sector for over...
‘Institutional prejudice’ towards private sector providers
Independent care providers in Wales are suffering ‘institutional prejudice’ from local authorities and health boards over fees and workforce pay.
Care Forum Wales chief executive Mary Wimbury told an online policy forum one of the ‘frustrations’ for independent operators, both private and third sector, was the time and effort put into training people to become ‘very good care workers’, only for them to be attracted to work in other parts of the health and care system. This was because a whole-system approach towards pay and conditions was lacking, she said.
‘I...
NHS waits climb as industrial action impacts elective activity
The number of patients waiting for routine NHS treatment increased again in April for the second month in a row dashing hopes that waiting lists were beginning to stabilise.
The total number of patients waiting increased by 83,000 on March to reach a record 7.4 million. At the same time,...
GenesisCare files for bankruptcy in US with plans to refocus UK business
KKR-backed cancer care provider GenesisCare has filed for bankruptcy protection in Texas, with plans to sell its unprofitable US operations and refocus its businesses in the UK, Australia and Spain.
The Sydney-based group has secured additional funding of US$200m for existing lenders...
Isokinetic expands programme for female athletes
London-based specialist sports medicine and rehabilitation clinic Isokinetic is set to expand its dedicated programme for the prevention and treatment of ACL and other injuries in women athletes.
The women’s injury programme is a doctor-led pathway overseen by sports science specialists at the Group’s five-storey clinic in the Harley Street Medical Area.
The programme includes assessment of neuromuscular control with a...
Cromwell Hospital opens Urgent Care Centre
Bupa’s Cromwell Hospital in London has opened a new Urgent Care Centre for patients with non-life-threatening injuries and illnesses.
The consultant-led centre is open from 8am to 8pm, 365 days of the year, and operates a walk-in service. In addition, patients can book same day appointments or be referred by a GP.
Patients will initially be seen by a nurse trained in emergency...
Practice Plus Group appoints chief marketing officer to drive self-pay
Practice Plus Group has appointed Alyson Lockley to the newly created post of chief marketing officer as it ramps up development of its lower cost self-pay offering.
Lockley has significant...
Seasonal trends in cosmetic procedures
In the latest column from the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN), healthcare data analysts, Amna Talat and Josh Vaughan, and graduate healthcare data analyst Dhirav Patel look at how...
Fresh evidence of strong PMI demand as Aviva announces Q1 figures
Aviva has become the latest insurer to announce strong growth in PMI sales.
The UK’s third largest PMI provider – a position it holds jointly with Vitality – said private...
Funding round-up: AAVantgarde, Cellusion, Santero, iCellate Medical
Sweden: iCellate Medical, a privately held life sciences company, has closed a SEK20m (US$1.9m) funding round from a combination of existing and new investors, the management team and board members. iCellate develops cancer tests for early detection, treatment selection, and hereditary cancer risk.
“It has been tougher than ever to...
UK: Avacta shareholding in AffyXell increases and Diagnostic’s division acquires Coris
UK-based Avacta Group, a life sciences company developing targeted oncology drugs and powerful diagnostics, has announced that a second milestone equity payment has been triggered resulting in an increase in Avacta’s shareholding in AffyXell Therapeutics.
Avacta’s Diagnostics division also recently completed the acquisition of Coris Bioconcept in Belgium as part of its growth strategy.
South Korea milestone
AffyXell is a joint venture between Avacta and Daewoong Pharmaceutical in South Korea developing next-generation cell therapies.
The second milestone will result in an increase in Avacta’s shareholding in AffyXell, which currently stands at 19%. The exact shareholding will be...
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