Alliance snaps up Lodestone

Alliance Medical has acquired Lodestone Patient Care from Australian-based diagnostic imaging network I-MED, owned by CVC Capital Partners, for an undisclosed sum.Alliance, which was...

Small profit at Raphael Medical Centre

The annual bottom line result at Raphael Medical Centre tends to swing either into a small loss or a small profit. This time it was...

BUPA results show PMI holding up in spite of downturn

Fresh evidence that PMI is holding up in spite of the credit crunch emerged last month after BUPA reported strong underlying growth across its...

PMI close to pensions as most desirable workplace benefit

Private medical insurance is heading closer to pensions as the most desirable employee benefit, according to a nationwide survey by BUPA.The popularity of pensions...

Healthcare at Home results

Healthcare at Home Limited, the company that provides healthcare services and medical supplies, reported substantial growth in the year to 31 October 2007.In the...

Casualty Plus reaches voluntary agreement with creditors

Primary care provider Casualty Plus has entered into a corporate voluntary arrangement with its creditors after shareholders refused to continue funding historic debt at...

NHS reforms could suffer as investors’ access to capital dries up

The government will have to provide more certainty for independent sector providers if it wants them to play a part in the delivery of...

Private firm plans new cancer treatment chain

A pan-European imaging, dialysis and oncology specialist has unveiled plans to open a £20m cancer clinic in Hampshire. Private equity owned Euromedic has applied for...

BMI buys Oxford Clinic

BMI Healthcare has acquired the Oxford Clinic for Specialist Surgery from US based Ascent for an undisclosed sum. The clinic’s consultant founding partners will retain...

NHS Trust acquires Nuffield hospital

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has acquired Nuffield Health’s Hull hospital in a move which it said would enable it to increase...