MPS Foundation to fund patient safety research
Medical defence organisation the Medical Protection Society (MPS) has launched a global research initiative aimed at driving patient safety in the private healthcare and...
Government plans to introduce licensing regime for non-surgical cosmetics providers
Ministers have confirmed plans to introduce a licensing regime for providers of non-surgical cosmetic procedures.
An amendment to the Health and Care Bill tabled on...
Re:Cognition Health continues UK expansion
Re:Cognition Health has announced plans to open a new clinic in Bristol in May.
The Alzheimer’s research and cognitive health provider said the 3,500sqft facility...
AVO announces further delays to LIGHT system
Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO) has attributed delays to the roll-out of its next generation proton beam therapy system LIGHT to unexpected additional requests from regulators.
The...
HCA appoints new VP of corporate sales
HCA Healthcare UK has appointed Soraya Chamberlain as vice president of corporate sales.
As part of the newly created role, Chamberlain will be responsible...
Digital-First: the new working realities of the NHS
As the Health and Care Bill makes its way through parliament, Spirit Health CEO Chris Barker looks at the key changes designed to provide...
Ramsay UK earnings hit by Covid costs
Ramsay Health Care said today that its UK private hospital business continued to be ‘severely impacted’ by the Covid-19 pandemic as it announced an 89%...
MPs endorse appointment of Ian Dilks as CQC chair
MPs have endorsed the appointment of Ian Dilks as chair of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), but raised concerns about the lack of diversity...
Romana Abdin takes over as chair of Healthcode
Healthcare technology specialist Healthcode has appointed Romana Abdin as chair of the board.
Previously CEO of Simplyhealth, Abdin is the company’s first independent chair and will work...
Cygnet announces new head of safeguarding
Philip Winterbottom is independent mental health services provider Cygnet Health Care's new head of safeguarding.
Winterbottom qualified as a mental health nurse in 2007 and...