CQC sparks leadership concerns about The Huntercombe Group

The Huntercombe Group has been told by the CQC that it must improve corporate governance across its child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS)...

NHS spending £1.46bn a year on temporary nurses

The NHS is spending £1.46bn a year on temporary nurses amid staffing shortages, a study by The Open University has found. Based on freedom of...

Vocare renews £1.2m contract with NHS

Vocare Limited, a subsidiary of UK out-of-hospital services provider Totally plc, has renewed a contract worth £1.2m a year with Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation...

Six Physio gets £1.5m loan

Six Physio Limited, a London-based physio clinic chain, has secured a £1.5m debt facility from Santander UK. The company says it will use the five-year...

Cygnet hospital ‘significantly’ improves

A mental health hospital run by Cygnet Healthcare has been praised for making significant service improvements after its child and adolescent mental health services...

Fair playing field needed for IS in NHS payment system – NHSPN

There needs to be a fair playing field for independent providers in future NHS payment systems, the chief executive of the NHS Partners Network...

Advanced Oncotherapy signs deal for UK testing site

Advanced Oncotherapy has moved a step closer to opening its first proton beam therapy centre in the UK after signing a lease with the...

Hunt demands independent providers act on safety

Jeremy Hunt has told independent hospitals that they could be placed in ‘special measures’ if they are rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission...

Circle challenge delays treatment centre procurement

Circle Health will continue to run services at the Nottingham NHS Treatment Centre after commissioners put the procurement process for the contract on hold...

Ramsay Health Care and Ascension in joint buying venture

Ramsay Health Care has entered into a joint venture with US healthcare group Ascension to build a new global supply chain. Ascension, the largest non-profit...