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Culture of collaboration

Professor Green calls for a more holistic and person-centred approach Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) have gained significant attention and are seen as the main mechanism to deliver better health and care integration. They are the means to improve the co-ordination and delivery of healthcare services. However, for these systems to...

Anchor secures funding to improve heating systems

Revenue grant funding has been secured by Anchor to improve communal heating systems at three of its housing developments. The not-for-profit provider of specialist housing and care for people in later life will receive more than £45,000 from the heat network efficiency scheme (HNES), funded by the Department for Energy...

Agency use at Voyage Care falls due to higher recruitment and retention

Higher recruitment and retention helped cut agency costs at Voyage Care, its quarterly results showed. Agency fell in Q2 to 2.4% of direct care hours (Q1 2023/24: 2.7%; Q2 2022/23: 5.7%) and was now lower than pre-Covid-19. Staff and agency costs for Q2 2023/24 rose by £7.6m, or 14%, to £62.4m...

Owner of homecare provider handed slavery and trafficking order

A slavery and trafficking risk order (STRO) has been handed down to the owner of a Leicestershire-based homecare service provider. Leicester Magistrates’ Court approved an application from the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) for an interim order against Patience Oyeniran at a hearing on Wednesday 22 November. Oyeniran managed Panashe Home Care Services, providing domiciliary care to people living with physical health needs and conditions such as dementia. Under the conditions of the civil order, Oyeniran must not transport or arrange to transport any worker or prospective worker to the UK...

Gold Care Homes grows provision with three settings

Gold Care Homes has acquired three properties as it continues to develop its operations. It has bought Marlborough Court in Thamesmead, Murrayfield in Edmonton, both in London, and Norwood Green in Southall, Middlesex, from Four Seasons Health Care. Marlborough Court is a purpose-built home providing en suite accommodation for up to 78 adults, lounges, outdoor areas and an aviary. Murrayfield provides en suite accommodation for up to 74 adults, lounges and gardens. Both homes offer care across respite, residential, nursing, dementia and palliative care services. Norwood Green provides care services across...

Going private: a new generation of consumers?

The Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) recently released a major new report on public perceptions of private healthcare, Going Private 2023. Director of policy David Furness discusses the findings and the potential implications for the wider sector The Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) commissioned the national research which informed our...

Dan Braithwaite joins Mills & Reeve as principal associate

Dan Braithwaite has joined Mills & Reeve as a principal associate to support the firm’s health and social care mergers and acquisitions practice. He joins from Pinsent Mason, where he was part of the healthcare team for more than 11...

Totally profits plummet following contract losses

Totally plc has said it remains confident in the scale of the opportunity presented by NHS partnerships despite reporting a 20.6% fall in revenue following the loss of its contracts in North West London. The elective care and out-of-hospital services provider booked revenue of £55.8m for the six months ended 30 September 2023 against £70.3m in the first six months of 2022. The...

Cleveland Clinic London strengthens orthopaedics team

Cleveland Clinic London has strengthened its capabilities and expertise in orthopaedics with the appointment of consultant orthopaedic surgeons Paul Trikha and Sam Rajaratnam. Rajaratnam is an internationally renowned consultant orthopaedic surgeon, specialising in knee replacement surgery and sporting injuries of the knee. His areas of surgical interest include knee replacement surgery, rapid recovery and faster return to function, reducing pain after...

Phoenix revenues return to ‘normalised’ levels after Covid contracts cease

Central London-based private healthcare operator Phoenix Hospital Group has reported a 14% dip in revenue to £20.3m for the year ended 30 September 2022 following the cessation of its...

Poll reveals quality and NHS waits driving people to go private

Perceived better quality of care and long NHS waiting times are the key reasons for accessing private healthcare, according to new data from patient organisation Healthwatch England. More than 1,700...

Optometrists call for national strategy as NHS waits force patients to pay for treatment

The Association of Optometrists (AOP) is calling on the government to commit to a national eye health strategy after new data revealed that 79% of its members had patients...

Investing in strength, building scale: outlook for European healthcare focused PE and VC investors

In November 2023, global management consultancy Arthur D Little (ADL) and Invest Europe’s European PE survey, combined with Invest Europe’s first half activity data, released the 4th edition of “The Insight: State of the European Private Equity Industry” making an assessment of Europe’s PE and VC industry as it...

Transforming today’s hospitals for the future

IFC is changing its approach to hospital funding requests, considering the larger healthcare ecosystem to ensure it can manage the future of personalised, preventative care. Raju Narayan, global specialist in health sector investments at IFC, looks at the challenges facing health delivery in emerging economies Healthcare investments in emerging economies have historically prioritised a system where people go to the hospital when they get sick. It’s an approach that is neither economically sustainable nor does it provide people with the access they require in a timely manner. To manage the...

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