NHS activity boosts revenues at Nuffield Hospitals

A significant increase in NHS work has contributed to a 14.9% rise in turnover at Nuffield Hospitals. The charitable provider, which treated 32,000 NHS...

£2.5m contract win for HCL

Healthcare Locums (HCL) has won a £2.5m contract to supply locum doctors to Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire NHS Trust. The contract win is one of...

Profits fall at WPA

The Western Provident Association Limited has reported a fall in profit for the year to 31 December 2005 despite achieving above benchmark returns on...

Medicash makes recovery

Medicash Health Benefits Limited, the healthcare cash plan provider, has made a measure of recovery due to gains on its investment portfolio. Medicash’s reports...

Nations Healthcare still making losses

It is still a period of cash burn at Nations Healthcare, the US-owned provider of independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs).The company produced a loss...

LGV acquires ‘significant stake’ in IDH

Legal and General Ventures (LGV) has acquired what it terms ‘a significant shareholding’ in Integrated Dental Holdings (IDH).The deal was completed on 26 April...

Buy-out groups will stayed focused on healthcare

A further £15bn could be headed the way of the independent healthcare sector over the coming year according to financial consultants Deloitte, which last...

Private healthcare sector appears buoyant as BUPA reports record results

Fresh evidence that the UK private healthcare market continues to flourish emerged last month after BUPA Group reported record results for the sixth year...

Pru rejects Aviva bid

Norwich Union owner, Aviva plc, has withdrawn its proposed merger with the Prudential after its ‘informal offer’ was rejected as an ‘unwelcome’ bid that...

Paycare results

Formerly known as Patient’s Aid Association, a mutual insurance company that operates healthcare cash benefit plans, Paycare has released its financial statements for the...