Electra Partners acquires Covenant Healthcare

Healthcare Market News (Company News) May 2005Pheonix Equity Partners has sold Covenant Healthcare to private equity house Electra Partners Europe for £170m ending months...

PruHealth CEO

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) May 2005PruHealth chief executive Catherine McGraph has stepped down after just six months following the company's official launch last October....

Independent providers will face unannounced inspections this year

Healthcare Market News (News) May 2005A third of all the Healthcare Commission's inspections of private providers will be unannounced in 2005/06 despite concerns from...

Healthcare could suffer under new tax rules

Healthcare Market News (Company News) May 2005On 4 March the Inland Revenue announced significant changes to the rules on transfer pricing and corporate debt,...

New finance director at BHSF

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) May 2005BHSF Group has appointed Nick Wright as finance director. Wright, who took up the post on 1 May, joined...

Princess Grace to install robotic surgery equipment

Healthcare Market News (News) May 2005The Princess Grace Hospital is installing a Da Vinci robotic surgical system. The HCA-owned hospital is the first independent...

McIndoe Surgical Centre forced into BMI hands

Healthcare Market News (Company News) May 2005Regrettably, it seems that the McIndoe Surgical Centre, the East Grinstead based unit named after war hero Archie...

Law firm appoints head of healthcare

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) May 2005Law firm Mills & Reeve has appointed Dr Gill Thomas as head of the healthcare practice for the South...

Varicose vein treatment

Healthcare Market News (News) May 2005The London Clinic has launched a new minimally-invasive treatment for varicose veins. The procedure, which has been dubbed 'lunch-time...

Cheadle Royal improves

Healthcare Market News (Company News) May 2005Cheadle Royal Healthcare Ltd, the operator of the Cheadle Royal hospital, has reported an improved trading performance for...