Healthcode launches free online training programme

Healthcare technology specialist Healthcode has launched a free online tutorial service to help independent practitioners utilise its software. The Healthcode Academy provides a modular training programme which...

PHP acquires Glossop medical centre for £5m

Primary Health Properties Plc (PHP) has acquired the entire issued share capital of Peak Health Solutions Limited, whose sole asset is the Lambgates Health...

Surrey hospital to close following inadequate CQC rating

Shrewsbury Court Independent Hospital has said it will close on 17 December after the CQC imposed urgent conditions requiring rapid improvements at the site. Based...

Assura raises £182m from placing

Assura Plc has raised £182m from the placing of 267.6m shares at 68p each. Earlier this week, the specialist healthcare REIT announced plans to raise...

The party is over

Tim Read, managing director, UK and Europe Healthcare Advisory at Marwood Group find out what we can learn from 2021’s party conference season Each year,...

Assura announces plans to raise £197m to fund pipeline

Specialist primary care REIT Assura plc plans to raise around £197m from a placing and PrimaryBid to fund its short-term pipeline. The proposed placing of up to...

Targets in jeopardy after ‘alarming’ rise in NHS waits

NHS plans to eliminate two-year waits for routine treatment and curb further increases in the overall numbers waiting by next March appear to be...

Hero to (net) zero

IHPN CEO David Hare discusses the landmark pledge from independent healthcare providers to help tackle the climate emergency If the coronavirus pandemic has taught us...

Independent sector must have key role in tackling elective backlog

The government needs to engage the independent healthcare sector in a similar way to the early 2000s to tackle the elective backlog, according to...

St Andrew’s Northampton prevented from admitting patients without CQC consent

St Andrew’s Healthcare (STAH) in Northampton has been prevented from admitting new patients to some wards without prior consent from the CQC after inspectors...