HCA appoints new VP of corporate sales

HCA Healthcare UK has appointed Soraya Chamberlain as vice president of corporate sales. As part of the newly created role, Chamberlain will be responsible...

Digital-First: the new working realities of the NHS

As the Health and Care Bill makes its way through parliament, Spirit Health CEO Chris Barker looks at the key changes designed to provide...

Ramsay UK earnings hit by Covid costs

Ramsay Health Care said today that its UK private hospital business continued to be ‘severely impacted’ by the Covid-19 pandemic as it announced an 89%...

MPs endorse appointment of Ian Dilks as CQC chair

MPs have endorsed the appointment of Ian Dilks as chair of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), but raised concerns about the lack of diversity...

Romana Abdin takes over as chair of Healthcode

Healthcare technology specialist Healthcode has appointed Romana Abdin as chair of the board. Previously CEO of Simplyhealth, Abdin is the company’s first independent chair and will work...

Cygnet announces new head of safeguarding

Philip Winterbottom is independent mental health services provider Cygnet Health Care's new head of safeguarding. Winterbottom qualified as a mental health nurse in 2007 and...

Diaverum expands UK presence after major contract win

Renal services provider Diaverum has been awarded a major new contract to supply renal care in North East England. Under the deal, which was awarded...

Dialysis training centre in special measures

A training centre for NHS Dialysis patients operated by Baxter Healthcare Limited has been placed in special measures after the CQC said patients were...

The home health testing boom

Home health testing technology has come a long way in recent years and, driven in part by the pandemic, is set to be worth...

Nuffield Health appoints clinical services director

Nuffield Health has appointed Alison McCourt CBE ARRC as clinical services director. McCourt, who will join the charity in August, has had a distinguished career...