Vocare awarded contract extension worth £4.1m

Out-of-hospital services provider Totally plc has secured contract extensions worth £4.1m through its wholly owned subsidiary Vocare Limited. Vocare, a provider of urgent care services...
Nigeria: Noor Dubai Foundation launches eye care programme in Katsina

Nordic Capital acquires Ober Scharrer Group

Nordic Capital Fund IX has acquired OberScharrer Group (OSG), a German ophthalmology provider, from Palamon Capital Partners. The value of the deal has not been...

Aviva launches mental health service for big companies

Aviva is launching a mental health service for employees belonging to large corporate clients, offering quick and specialised support for mental health conditions. The service,...

HCA’s cancer partnership with NHS Trust ends

HCA Healthcare UK's seven-year oncology partnership with Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust has ended through ‘mutual agreement’, according to a joint statement from HCA...

Pihlajalinna Plc acquires Doctagon Ab

Finnish health and social care provider Pihlajalinna Plc has signed a share exchange agreement for the acquisition of its national rival Doctagon Ab. The share...

Two operating theatres open at The Grosvenor Hospital

Two operating theatres have opened at Nuffield Health Chester’s The Grosvenor Hospital as part of a £7m development. Nuffield will now convert the hospital’s old...

CRG acquires Healthcare Locums

Healthcare recruiter Castlerock Recruitment Group (CRG) has acquired recruitment agency HealthCare Locums (HCL) for an undisclosed sum in a move which it claims will...

HCA expands network of urgent care centres

HCA will open urgent care walk-in centres at both its London Bridge Hospital and the Portland Hospital following a surge of visits over the...

Long waits for elective care continue to rise

The number of people waiting longer than the 18-week target for elective care has continued to rise sharply, according to figures from NHS England...
Mental health hospital placed into special measures by CQC

Children struggling to access mental health services, says CQC report

Children and young people are reaching ‘crisis point’ before accessing mental health services because public services are not working together effectively, a report from...