Partnerships in Care records positive results

Partnerships in Care (PiC) has announced an increase in turnover of 14.5% to £187.9m and a 37.3% rise in operating profit to £45.6m in...

Positive trends continue at Nestor

Nestor Healthcare Group has reported continued improvements in its fortunes after securing extensions on all its current out-of-hours GP services contracts.The listed company, which...

Government must incentivise corporate healthcare

The government should give employers financial incentives to provide corporate healthcare for employees, a new study has said.The report, Healthy Work: Evidence into Action,...

Simplyhealth on a ‘war footing’ as tax increase announced

Simplyhealth chief executive Des Benjamin has told employees to ready themselves for a battle as Chancellor George Osborne hiked Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) by...

WPA: IPT rise is ‘a drop in the ocean’

WPA has said that it believes the 1% increase in Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) will not have a major impact on its operations or...

Recession hits demand for private medical cover

Demand for private medical insurance fell by record levels last year and is likely to be subdued going forward as the sector finally proved...

Hunters in UK expansion

Hunters Moor Neurorehabilitation is planning to open nine specialist treatment centres across the UK. The firm, which is backed by capital from United Medical Enterprises...

Improvement at Medacs

Medical staffing agency Medacs Healthcare has posted a 29% rise in turnover for the year ended 31 December 2009. Income grew to £164m on...

CancerPartners UK still in start-up mode

CancerPartners UK has recorded a loss after tax of £3.2m for the year ended June 2009, an increase on the previous years’ figure of...

GHG acquires Abbey and 42% stake in Transform

Well over a year after being put up for sale by its private equity owner Cognetas, Covenant Healthcare’s Abbey Hospitals portfolio has finally been...