Primary care centre planned for Colliers Wood
Healthcare facilities investor Octopus Healthcare is planning to build a primary care medical centre in south west London.
The proposals have been backed by Merton...
InHealth opens MRI scanning unit
Diagnostics provider InHealth has opened an MRI scanning unit at the InHealth MRI Centre at Manor Hospital in Walsall in the West Midlands.
Two new...
Elective surgery waiting lists reach 550,000 patients
The number of NHS patients waiting longer than the 18-week target for elective surgery has risen by nearly a third in a year, according...
Montreux Healthcare acquires staffing agency
Care investor Montreux Healthcare Fund has bought Chester Healthcare Limited (CHL), a healthcare staffing business, for an undisclosed sum.
CHL operates in the North West...
HPC appoints non-executive
Healthcare real estate developer Healthcare Property Company (HPC) has appointed Ray Stanbridge (pictured) as a non-executive director to its parent company Healthcare Property Group...
NHS could see 51,000 nursing shortfall after Brexit, report warns
The NHS could face a shortage of up to 51,000 nurses after the Brexit transition – enough to staff 45 hospitals – a report...
Swedish virtual GP provider partners with NHS
Swedish digital healthcare company LIVI, Europe’s largest online primary care provider, has entered the UK market through a partnership with the NHS.
Its online GP...
Health Secretary told to cut elective surgery waiting lists
A coalition of leading health bodies have written to the Health and Social Care Secretary, calling on the government to prioritise cutting elective surgery...
EMIS Group acquires blockchain company
Healthcare software provider EMIS Group has bought Dovetail Digital Limited (Dovetail Lab), a blockchain company, for an initial sum of £2.5m.
Dovetail Lab, which was...
Workforce problems ‘the issue’ in healthcare right now, Sir Bruce Keogh
Workforce problems in the UK healthcare system continue to dominate discussions around effective working in the NHS.
Speaking at the Howard de Walden Estate’s Healthcare:...