AVO shares suspended after financing talks collapse

Shares in Proton beam therapy specialist Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO) have been suspended from trading on AIM after talks to raise an additional £8m in...

IHPN welcomes long-awaited NHS Workforce Plan

The Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) has welcomed the long-awaited publication of the Long Term Workforce Plan for the NHS, describing it as ‘an...

Demand for health cover reaches highest levels since 2010

Demand for private health cover has reached its highest levels since 2010, with a 4.7% jump in the number of people covered by PMI...

Healthcode unveils sector-wide online booking system

Healthcare technology specialist Healthcode is launching a universal online appointment booking system for the private healthcare sector. Known as ICE (integrated channel exchange), the new service...

Diagnostics firm secures seed funding for rapid stroke test

Cambridge-based Upfront Diagnostics has secured £1.6m in a seed funding round led by APEX Ventures’ Medical Fund to scale up its rapid test for...

ABI calls for government incentives on health insurance

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is calling on the government and employers to do more to encourage uptake of health insurance after a...

MHRA approves London-based psychedelic drug trial

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority has approved a new clinical trial to test whether psychedelic drugs can treat major depressive disorder. A novel...

NHS hospitals rationing care as stay lengths rise post-pandemic

Longer lengths of stay and pressure on beds are forcing NHS hospitals to increase admissions thresholds, effectively rationing access to care, according to new...

Circle partners with My Clinical Outcomes

Circle Health has teamed up with web-based data analysis specialist My Clinical Outcomes (MCO) to roll out its Patient Recorded Outcomes Measures platform across all...

Babylon Health confirms delisting and merger with MindMaze

Digital health provider Babylon Health has announced plans to merge with Swiss digital therapeutics firm MindMaze in a move that will see it de-list...