Primary Health Properties acquires medical centre

Primary Health Properties (PHP) has bought a medical centre in Swindon taking the value of portfolio to £1.375bn. A wholly-owned subsidiary of PHP has acquired...

PHIN to publish data on consultants in July

The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) is asking consultants working in private practice to approve their data on the number of procedures they have...

AXA sells The Health Insurance Group

Insurance company AXA is selling its healthcare broker, The Health Insurance Group, to US private equity firms Highbridge Principal Strategies (HPS) and Madison Dearborn...

Apposite Capital raises £144.5m

Investment firm Apposite Capital has raised £144.5m for its healthcare fund and associated vehicles. The company received support from existing investors as well as new...

Over half of acute trusts switch to NHS e-referrals

More than half of acute hospital trusts in England have gone paperless and are now digitally processing GP referrals for outpatient appointments. From 1 October...

Cygnet appoints group clinical director

Cygnet Health Care has appointed Dr Rob Verity as group clinical director. Verity has been covering the role on an interim basis since earlier this...

ACOs do not represent backdoor privatisation, say MPs

The government should publish an annual assessment on the extent of private sector involvement in the NHS to help dispel myths about privatisation that...

Primonial Group to buy 71 hospitals from Medical Properties Trust

Primonial Group is planning a joint venture with global healthcare real estate investor Medical Properties Trust (MPT) which will see the French asset manager...

MedicX adds 12 medical centres to portfolio

Primary care property investor MedicX has acquired One Medical Property Holdings for £63.8m, adding 12 primary care medical centres to its portfolio and increasing...

Sovereign Capital Partners sells the Linnaeus Group

The Linnaeus Group, a leading UK veterinary services provider, has been sold by private equity firm Sovereign Capital Partners for an undisclosed sum, in...