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Totally secures £7.5m in contract extensions and new business

Out-of-hours and urgent care provider Totally plc has announced a number of contract extensions, including a 12-month extension for services provided at urgent treatment centres...

London-based health start-up raises £5m in seed funding

Membership-based private healthcare start-up (med)24 has raised over £5m in seed funding from private equity investors and one of Ireland’s richest individuals Dermot Desmond. The...

Independent hospitals set to bid for up to £10bn worth of NHS contracts

Independent hospital providers are gearing up to bid for £10bn worth of NHS contracts designed to help tackle the waiting list backlog caused by...

Aspen Healthcare appoints new CMO

Aspen Healthcare has appointed Dr Zoltan Varga as chief medical officer/medical director. Dr Varga has extensive board level experience in strategy, clinical service development, private health insurance,...

HSF remains stable as investments boost pre-tax profit

Cash plan provider Hospital Saturday Fund (HSF) has reported marginal growth in premium income for the year ended 31 December 2019 against continued challenges...

IHPN appoints director of regulatory affairs

The Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) has appointed Dawn Hodgkins as director of regulatory affairs. She will replace Disa Young who joined IHPN in...

Care UK to rebrand Health Care Division Practice Plus Group

Care UK has announced it will rebrand its Health Care division Practice Plus Group from 1 October. The division, which includes secondary care, primary and...
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BGF-backed Bayfields expands with three acquisitions

Business Growth Fund (BGF)-backed Bayfields Opticians and Audiologists has continued its UK-wide expansion after acquiring three new businesses for an undisclosed sum. The company announced...

Spire expecting pre-tax losses as Covid-19 pandemic dents earnings

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the independent hospital sector is beginning to emerge after one of the UK’s largest groups, Spire Healthcare,...

Independent hospitals agree contract variation with NHSE

The contract between NHS England and independent hospitals will remain in place until at least the end of October but with a phased transition...