RIG reports healthy revenue growth

RIG Medical Recruit, the radiographer and occupational therapist recruitment arm of Recruitment Investment Group Limited, increased turnover by 34.5% last year but increased costs...

Health and medical firms optimistic over future prospects

Companies operating in the health and medical sector are more confident about their future prospects than the average British business, according to research published...

HCA results another boost for independent sector

Further indications that demand for private hospital treatment is holding up in spite of the recession have emerged after London-based HCA International Ltd reported...

Losses deepen at Aviva Occupational Health

Aviva Occupational Health, formerly Norwich Union Occupational Health, has posted a 17% fall in income to £8.2m for the year ended 31 December 2008.The...

Marginal growth for Nuffield Proactive Health

Nuffield Proactive Health reported sales of £12.6m for the ten months before its business and assets were transferred via a Business Asset Purchase Agreement...

‘Innovation’ the key to unlocking opportunities

The theory of patient choice would appear to be translating into practice, according to the latest Department of Health (DH) figures announced at the...

Adult autism support dubbed ‘woefully inadequate’

In what the NHS claims it the world’s first study into the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) among adults, new statistics show that...

NHS pensions and taxation rules disadvantage independent sector providers

Pension costs, corporation tax, VAT and the cost of capital are undermining the government’s attempts to introduce fair competition into the health service by...

More solid growth for Aspen owners

Growth in NHS activity has contributed to a 12% rise in revenue at Global Healthcare Partners Ltd, the parent company of hospital provider group...

BMI lands wing contract

Adding another asset to its already sizable portfolio, BMI Healthcare has been awarded the contract to manage the Coombe Wing private patients unit within...