Ramsay to operate Birmingham PPU

Ramsay Health Care is reported to have fended off competition from HCA International to secure preferred bidder status for a new NHS private patient...

Care UK shortlisted for Shepton Mallet contract

Care UK has been announced as one of two shortlisted bidders to develop a new health and wellbeing campus in Shepton Mallet, Somerset. Bidding with...

St Andrews to open specialised service for women

St Andrew's Healthcare is opening a 12-bed locked women's ward at its Northampton site. Called Hereward Wake, the new ward will provide Comprehensive Dialectical Behavioural...

Surge in cost of cancer claims in construction industry

The cost of health insurance claims for cancer treatment amongst building contractors and trades people has leapt by 84% since 2012, according to new...

HCA launches fixed prices for common procedures

HCA Healthcare UK has launched fixed price treatment on over 50 procedures across all of its hospitals in a bid to increase transparency and...

New daycase unit at the Claremont

Aspen Healthcare has opened a new daycase unit at its Claremont Hospital in Sheffield. The six-bed unit includes two new consulting rooms and marks another...

Camden announces five-year MSK contract

Camden CCG has advertised a five year contract for a lead provider of adult musculoskeletal (MSK) services worth between £60m and £75m. The contract will...

BMA remains hostile to independent sector involvement in the NHS

More than a decade after doctors campaigned against market reforms in the NHS, new research from the BMA reveals there has been little let-up...

Nuffield selected to run St Bart’s PPU

Nuffield Health has been appointed preferred bidder to build and operate a new private patient unit at St Bartholomew's Hospital in central London.

Camden announces five-year MSK contract

Camden CCG has advertised a five year contract for a lead provider of adult musculoskeletal (MSK) services worth between £60m and £75m.The contract will...