CQC staff to strike as pay row escalates
An escalation of a pay dispute will see hundreds of staff at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) strike at the end of the month...
GHO buys German outpatient provider
GHO Capital has acquired German healthcare provider Linimed Gruppe from Vitruvian Partners for an undisclosed sum.
Based in Jena in Thuringia, Linimed Gruppe is one...
Spire invests £5.2m in solar energy project
Spire Healthcare has embarked on a £5.2m project to install 12,155 solar panels at its 38 hospitals across England, Wales and Scotland this year.
The...
Huntercombe hospital placed in special measures
A private mental health hospital run by the Huntercombe Group has been rated Inadequate by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and placed in special...
Covid-19: beyond the current crisis
Our lives have been transformed by Covid-19, and in the short term, they will change still yet. But what will happen after this pandemic...
Fiona Booth joins Healthcode
Fiona Booth (pictured), the former chief executive of the Association of Independent Healthcare Organisations, is to take up a position at Healthcode, an IT...
China: Panacea Venture closes healthcare fund at US$180.5m
Atlantic-Pacific Capital, one of the largest privately owned global placement agent and advisory firms, has closed Panacea Venture Healthcare Fund I with US$180.5m of...
babylon in Canadian app deal
balyon Health has broken into the North American markets through a partnership with Canadian digital support company TELUS Health.
TELUS is launching an AI powered...
Lebanon: Basma raises US$1.2m in seed funding
Beirut-based digital dental startup Basma has raised US$1.2m in seed funding to help it open up access to simple and affordable orthodontics in the...
HM meets…Bob Andrews
Before 1948, health plans were one of the key sources of funding for healthcare. Over the last 70 years they have been eclipsed by...