Private 999 provider goes into administration

Private ambulance company SSG UK Specialist Ambulance Service has gone into administration. Andrew Beckingham and Siann Huntley of Leonard Curtis Business Rescue & Recovery were...
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Cosmetic surgery market attracting increased investor interest

The cosmetic treatment market is attracting increased interest from investors despite a subdued surgical sector and vulnerability to the potentially damaging economic impact of...
NHSE to strengthen patient choice

Independent providers concerned by moves to repatriate patients to the NHS

The Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) has raised concerns over the future of patient choice after it emerged that Brighton and Hove CCG is...

Spending review a ‘missed opportunity’ for health funding

Money announced for the NHS in today’s Spending Review represents another ‘missed opportunity’ for health funding and is not enough to deliver the commitments...

InHealth reaches agreement over Thames Valley contract

Diagnostic services provider InHealth has signed a deal to provide PET-CT scanning services in the Thames Valley after it was agreed that Oxford University...

Unum launches new app to give employees access to enhanced health support

Employee benefits provider Unum has launched an app providing enhanced health support for its group income protection customers in partnership with technology solutions provider...

Elysium hospital placed in Special Measures

The CQC has placed another independent sector mental health hospital in Special Measures following concerns over staffing and training. Elysium Healthcare-operated The Woodhouse Independent Hospital...

Greater Lancashire Hospital expands

The Greater Lancashire Hospital (GLH) has announced a major expansion programme to double in size and increase the range of treatments on offer. Construction has...

Liva Healthcare secures funding for care of pregnant women with diabetes

Digital health coaching platform Liva Healthcare has secured funding from the EU Horizon 2020 programmes to help treat pregnant women at risk of Type...

Another Cygnet Hospital placed in special measures as Whorlton Hall fallout continues

Cygnet Health Care Group has had another hospital placed into special measures by the CQC as it continues to grapple with the fallout from...