Employee health costs rise across EMEA

The cost of providing health-related benefits for companies in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) rose by an average of 3.6% in 2012, according...

Priory Dewsbury opens new ward

The Priory Hospital Dewsbury has opened a new ward (the Jubilee) to provide specialist healthcare for male service users with mild to moderate learning...

PHP Reit beats fund raising target

Primary Health Properties (PHP), the specialist medical property Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit), has announced that a major fund raising to fund portfolio acquisitions...

Nuffield removes aftercare limits

Patients having surgery at Nuffield Health hospitals will not have time limits placed on any follow-up care they may require, the Charity has announced.The...

Talking treatments waiting times increase

More people are waiting for access to talking therapies, according to figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).The stats, as part...

PHP and Ashley House join SSE

Primary Health Properties (PHP) and Ashley House, the health and community care property partner, have joined the recently launched Social Stock Exchange (SSE).The SSE...

New trust option from AXA

AXA PPP healthcare has introduced a new healthcare trust arrangement for employers. Under the Master Trust it is AXA PPP - rather than the...

St Andrews and university join forces

Three part-time University of Northampton Professors have been appointed at St Andrew’s Healthcare. The new jointly appointed senior academic members of staff are Dr...

New gynaecological service for Sheffield

Claremont Private Hospital in Sheffield has set up a new gynaecology service offering women fast access to consultations, diagnosis, advice and treatment.The service provides...

Call for more care at home

Stephen Cook, Bupa Home Healthcare’s director of pharmacy, has called for the benefits of out-of-hospital care to be available fo more and more patients. Not...