Blow to Viapath as Synlab announced preferred bidder for £2.25bn contract

Synlab has been selected as preferred bidder for a 15-year contract to provide pathology services to five major NHS trusts in London. The German-owned company...
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Priory invests £1m in new mental health ward for young people

A new ward for children and adolescents with mental health issues has opened at Priory’s Roehampton Hospital in south-west London.  The ward, which follows an...

Act now on rising NHS waiting lists, IHPN warns ministers

Almost 6 million people could be waiting for NHS treatment by the next general election unless the government takes action to increase capacity and...
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Medical cannabis company fulfills first UK prescription

Cannaray has completed its first UK patient prescription following a £7.8m Series A funding round in 2019, with the company eyeing expansion this year. The...
Nuffield Health partners with Leicester Real World Evidence Unit

Nuffield Health outsources occupational health service

Nuffield Health has announced plans to outsource its entire occupational health business to specialist occupational health company Health Partners.  The charitable health and wellbeing provider...

NHSE allocates £22m for additional elective capacity this winter

NHS England (NHSE) has allocated £22m to NHS trusts to increase elective and diagnostic capacity over winter. The ‘targeted investment’ is aimed at supporting additional...

Third sector could play a bigger role in health prevention agenda, says Nuffield report

The third sector is working more closely with the NHS to deliver health prevention and early intervention programmes but progress is slow and piecemeal,...
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CQC raises serious concerns over leadership and governance at Cygnet

Cygnet Health Care has been told by the CQC that it must take ‘immediate action’ to improve its management and governance systems or risk...

Physiotherapy provider undergoes rebrand amid new company strategy

Independent provider of physiotherapy and injury rehabilitation services, Advanced Total Therapy, has rebranded as Rehabplus as part of its growth strategy. Established in 2013 in...

Switzerland: EQT takes minority stake in SHL Medical

Investment firm EQT has taken a minority stake in SHL Medical which develops, and manufactures advanced drug delivery systems such as autoinjectors, pen injectors,...