Trust reviewing contract with BMI Healthcare

An NHS trust has confirmed it is in discussions about the future of private patient services run by BMI Healthcare at the Runnymede Hospital...

Re:Cognition Health expands in US

Alzheimer’s research and cognitive health provider Re:Cognition Health has expanded with the opening of a new clinical trials centre in Virginia in the US. The...

Bupa Health appoints sales director

Alaana Linney has been appointed sales director for Bupa Health’s network of clinics in the UK. Joining the company from Nuffield Health, where she was...

Elysium expands with acquisition of nine sites

Elysium Healthcare has bought nine residential care sites for young adults with learning disabilities and autism from specialist care provider London Care Partnership for...

Cygnet appoints director of nursing

David Wilmott has been appointed director of nursing at Cygnet Health Care. A nurse for over 20 years, Wilmott has worked across a number of...

Matt Hancock appointed health and social care secretary

The fallout from the resignations of the foreign and Brexit secretaries yesterday (Monday 9 July) have led to ministerial changes at the Department of...

AXA PPP launches app

AXA PPP has partnered with London-based technology start-up Spoon Guru to give its large corporate members access to a health and nutrition app. Spoon Guru’s...

NHS launches app

A free healthcare app for patients in England is to be rolled out in what Health and Social Care Secretary Jeremy Hunt hopes will...

UDG Healthcare acquires two businesses  

UDG Healthcare has acquired two healthcare focused businesses in NewYork through its global division Ashfield Healthcare. Advertising agency Create NYC and SmartAnalyst, a consulting company...

Safety investigations should include private patients, says NHSPN

Powers held by the proposed Health Service Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) should include investigations of patient safety incidents in the independent healthcare sector. Under proposals,...