Nations future in doubt prior to CCE takeover

Accounts filed with Companies House show that Nations Healthcare Limited faced an uncertain future before doctors’ co-operative Centres of Clinical Excellence (now renamed Circle...

Denplan profits from NHS changes

Changes to NHS dental contracts and funding have served to boost business at Denplan, the dental health plan provider. Turnover for the year ended 31...

London market looks healthy as The London Clinic reports improved performance

Charitable hospital provider The London Clinic continued to perform ahead of expectations last year, providing further evidence that the central London market continues to...

Dubai based investment company acquires Alliance Medical

Diagnostic imaging company Alliance Medical has been acquired by Dubai International Capital from Bridgepoint Capital for a gross valuation of £600m.Details of the deal...

Private equity interest in healthcare set to continue

Private equity interest in the healthcare sector is set to remain high as investors continue to be drawn by its favourable long-term macro-economic and...

Charity to manage GOSH private patient business

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust is considering creating a separate charity to manage its international business to avoid the caps on...

Spire signs go up at former BUPA hospitals

Cinven-backed Spire Healthcare has embarked on the prodigious task of rebranding the 25 hospitals it acquired from BUPA for £1.44bn in June. Signs began being...

Lord Ashcroft acquires 32.5% equity stake in Priory Group

Scandinavian healthcare company Global Health Partner Plc (GHP) has entered the UK and Scandanavian mental health sector after its major shareholder Lord Ashcroft acquired...

McIndoe Surgical Centre improves but remains a concern for auditors

The McIndoe Surgical Centre, the East Grinstead based specialist plastic surgery operation managed by BMI Healthcare, recorded a profit for the nine months to...

Healthcare secures seven places in top 250

Private healthcare companies with a cumulative turnover in excess of £1.6bn have scooped places in the latest Top Track 250 list produced by the...