UKMR appoints head of clinical services

Independent sector ambulance service provider UK Medical Response (UKMR) has appointed Melissa Wade as head of clinical services.Ms Wade, who joins the company from...

NHS Confederation chief resigns

Steve Barnett has resigned as chief executive of the NHS Confederation.Mr Barnett who was acting chief executive of the Confederation for ten months prior...

Nestor appoints CEO

John Ivers has been appointed chief executive at Nestor Healthcare plc, following a formal recruitment exercise commissioned by the Nomination Committee of the Board,...

AXA PPP healthcare appointment

AXA PPP healthcare has appointed Richard Turner as strategy director.Joining AXA PPP’s management committee and reporting to chief executive Keith Gibbs, Mr Turner will...

BMA re-elects chairman of council

Dr Hamish Meldrum has been re-elected chairman of the British Medical Association’s (BMA’s) council.Dr Meldrum, who was first elected to the post in June...

Acting CMO announced

Professor Dame Sally Davies will take up the role of chief medical officer following the departure of Sir Liam Donaldson at the end of...

Lansley London shake-up leads Sykes to step down

Health secretary Andrew Lansley has called a halt to NHS London’s reconfiguration of services, first proposed by Lord Ara Darzi in his 2006 review,...

Gary Belfield quits DH

The Department of Health (DH) has confirmed that director of commissioning Gary Belfield is leaving to take up a post outside the DH.According to...

New healthcare head at 3i

International investment house 3i has appointed Denis Ribon as its new global head of healthcare after former lead Alan MacKay left to take up...

Carlyle gets new healthcare leader

Private equity firm The Carlyle Group has appointed Robert Essner as senior advisor to its global healthcare group. The former chief executive of pharmaceutical...