WPA launches flexible health cover
PMI provider WPA has launched a new flexible insurance product which enables customers to build personalised cover based on their individual needs.
Complete Health offers customers a range...
Alliance Medical sold to iCON Infrastructure
South African healthcare giant Life Healthcare has entered into a binding agreement to sell Alliance Medical Group (AMG) to independent investment firm iCON Infrastructure for £910m.
The...
System leaders told to identify ‘necessary’ waiting list initiatives under new financial plan
Integrated Care Boards (ICB) and NHS trusts have been told to prioritise waiting list initiatives focused on the longest waits, urgent electives and cancer...
IHPN temperature check finds positive market outlook despite key challenges
Independent healthcare providers are overwhelmingly positive about the prospects for the sector despite challenges around workforce, NHS contracting and regulation.
The Independent Healthcare Providers Network...
Quality rises across sector but improvements needed in data collection, says IHPN
There has been a dramatic rise in the quality of services provided by independent sector hospitals over the past five years, but more work...
Nuffield reports encouraging outcomes from cardiac rehab programme
Nuffield Health has reported encouraging results from its cardiac rehabilitation programme, with significant improvements in the physical fitness and emotional wellbeing of participants.
The eight-week...
GenesisCare opens Guildford site
GenesisCare has officially opened its latest oncology and radiotherapy centre in Guildford, Surrey.
The £30m specialist outpatient centre and research hub is the result of...
EMVC leads new investment in diagnostics spin-out
Venture capitalist investor EMV Capital (EMVC) has led a c.£1.8m investment into its portfolio company ProAxsis – a spin-out from Queen's University Belfast which...
Babylon GP at Hand well placed to be a primary care network
Babylon Health’s virtual GP service is in discussions to become its own primary care network.
Primary Care networks form a key part of the NHS...
Chiswick medical centre announces opening of new one-stop breast unit
Chiswick Medical Centre, part of HCA Healthcare UK, has announced the opening of a new one-stop breast unit.
The unit, which includes some of the...