Cigna expands self-referral pathway

PMI provider Cigna has expanded its self-referral offering with a new pathway for customers with mental health concerns. The new ‘emotional wellbeing pathway’ enables customers...

BMI opens £1.25m eye care centre in Glasgow

BMI Healthcare has opened a £1.25m eye care centre at its Ross Hall Hospital in Glasgow. The culmination of an eight-month project, Eye Care Scotland...

RCS calls for review of safety standards in private hospitals

The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) is calling for a government review of safety standards and transparency in private hospitals in the wake of...

PHIN publishes first performance measures

The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) has published its first set of performance measures for independent sector hospitals covering patient admissions, average lengths of...

Nuffield launches bespoke health assessments

Nuffield Health has launched a series of personalised health assessments for UK businesses following research into future trends in employee health concerns. Four new health...

HCA invests £50m in two new cancer centres

HCA Healthcare UK has opened two new cancer centres in central London to meet growing demand from private patients. The US-owned company has invested £50m...

AT Medics wins London GP contract

AT Medics has fended off competition from a GP federation to secure a £1.5m-a-year contract to provide extended GP access services in north London. The...

Virtual GP provider expands in Asia

Virtual GP provider Doctor Care Anywhere has continued to expand its reach after entering into a partnership with international insurance broker Abacare. Under the deal,...

Flagship cancer procurement scrapped

Commissioners in Staffordshire have axed a flagship procurement for cancer services less than 18 months after the collapse of UnitingCare’s £800m older people’s contract...

Slowdown in NHS funding impacting patients

Cases of rationing by CCGs have hit the headlines in recent months as finance pressure mounts in the NHS. But according to research by...