Retired people worry more about health

Research has revealed that 60% of retired people have become more concerned about their own or their partner’s health since retiring.The nationwide research, from...

Private profit GPs to go following Act

Consultant private practice and GP’s role as independent contractors, which put private profit ahead of patients’ interests, should be abolished, says Tudor Hart.This is...

Spire Bushey to run RNOH private unit

Spire Bushey has seconded a manager into the private patients unit (PPU) at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) in Stanmore, Middlesex in a...

AXA PPP Healthcare adds to fast tracking

AXA PPP Healthcare has extended its fast track booking service for members of its health insurance schemes. This is for when GPs refer the member...

Clock House hospital opens MRI centre

Clock House Healthcare, the private hospital in Epsom, owned and run by local consultants is expanding its consulting and operating facilities with a new...

Spire denies sale and leaseback rumour

Rumours that Spire Healthcare is to auction off up to ten of its hospitals in a sale and leaseback arrangement are unconfirmed by Spire...

More critical beds at London Bridge

London Bridge Hospital, which is run by HCA International has opened an expanded critical care unit (CCU).The 15 new beds – ten of which...

Kent hospital gets the go-ahead funding

The Kent Institute of Medicine and Surgery (KIMS) has been given the go ahead, following a successful closure of a £34m funding deal.The hospital...

Nuffield and King Edward VII hospital hold merger talks

The King Edward VII hospital, the independent private acute hospital in London’s Marylebone and Nuffield Health, the not for profit health organisation are in...

Broadmoor Hospital to be upgraded

Broadmoor Hospital in Crowthorne, Berkshire is to undergo a £254m redevelopment and upgrade.Built in 1863, Broadmoor Hospital provides specialist mental health care services within...