London electives plan to shift care away from private providers
Vast swathes of elective orthopaedic surgery in north central London could be repatriated from the private sector as part of proposals to consolidate activity...
PHP refinances with sustainability-linked loans
Primary Health Properties (PHP) has refinanced a number of legacy loans with a new £200m debt facility from Aviva Investors.
The 15-year debt facility will...
NHS trusts buy Serco’s stake in Viapath
Serco has been bought out of pathology joint venture Viapath by its NHS partners King’s College Hospital and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation...
Totally secures insourcing contract in Ireland
Urgent care and NHS insourcing provider Totally plc has secured a £700,000 insourcing contract for the delivery of oral and maxillofacial outpatient and day...
Seasonal trends in cosmetic procedures
In the latest column from the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN), healthcare data analysts, Amna Talat and Josh Vaughan, and graduate healthcare data analyst...
Totally secures £13m contract extension
Totally plc has been awarded a one-year contract extension by NHS England to provide national NHS 111 contingency services.
The £13m extension will commence on...
Elysium Healthcare investors hire JP Morgan to handle sale
Private equity firm BC Partners, owners of Elysium Healthcare, has appointed investment bank JP Morgan to run the sale of the mental health services...
Healthcode maintains its independence after concerns raised over its suitability to run the CISS
Healthcode is seeking to reassure hospitals that its directors and shareholders have no access to customer data, after medical directors raised concerns over its...
Cygnet to open disability service
Cygnet Hospital Taunton will open a new rehabilitation service for men with learning disabilities and complex mental health needs on 25 May.
The nine-bed service,...
Citadel Health secures major pathology system contract
Australian-owned software and services company Citadel Health has been awarded a major contract for the implementation of a new Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)...