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Optegra opens Kent clinic
Eye care specialist Optegra has opened a new clinic in Kent.
Optegra Eye Clinic Maidstone will initially focus on NHS cataract surgery and will offer patients minimal...
Refreshing the debate on patient choice
IHPN is calling for an overhaul of the patient choice initiative as new research shows NHS patients would travel to cut wait times
Healthcare trends...
Profits fall at Practice Plan as inflationary pressures bite
Dental membership plan provider Practice Plan has reported a 56% drop in pre-tax profit for the year ended 31 December 2021 as increased turnover...
To outsource or to insource, that is the question
The NHS insourcing market has been attracting increased interest from investors and offers NHS trusts a number of advantages when using non-NHS provision to...
KKR led-consortium withdraws original Ramsay take-over bid
KKR and other investors have ditched their proposed A$20bn take-over bid for Ramsay Health Care.
The Australian healthcare provider, which operates 34 acute hospitals in...
Ramsay UK hospital earnings fall as Covid disruption continues
Revenue from Ramsay Health Care’s UK hospital business increased by just 1.3% in FY 2022 as a sharp rise in patient income was offset...
OCL Vision first in UK to offer new laser treatment
Surgeons at London’s OCL Vision have become the first in the UK to offer a new form of keyhole laser eye surgery offering improved...
Portman and Dentex merge to create UK’s biggest private dental group
Portman Dental Care and Dentex have announced plans to merge in a move that will create the UK’s largest privately focused dental group.
Financial terms...
Independent sector workforce statistics published
New figures published today by NHS Digital indicate that independent sector healthcare providers rely heavily on an older clinical workforce.
The experimental figures need to...
New dental figures show ‘service on its knees’ says BDA
The British Dental Association (BDA) is calling for a ‘radical and urgent’ change to NHS dentistry after new figures showed the number of adults...
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