Harnessing the new opportunities
After two year’s online, the Private Healthcare Summit 2022 was buzzing with the idea that the private healthcare sector has entered a new age...
New business and improved cost ratio drives profit growth at Vitality
Vitality Health Limited has reported a 10% increase in net earned premiums to £364.3m for the year ended 30 June 2017.
The insurer said the...
Hospital providers warned not to pass on additional costs to self-pay patients
Self-pay demand could rebound as independent hospitals reopen to private patients and NHS waiting lists lengthen but hospital providers could face tough decisions over...
AXA PPP healthcare appoints key client director
AXA PPP healthcare has appointed Richard Saunders as key client director for its large corporate healthcare business.
Saunders has worked in the insurance industry for...
Not all Spire patients treated by Paterson were reviewed, claims report
Not all of Spire Healthcare’s patients that received treatment from disgraced surgeon Ian Paterson have been reviewed, an inquiry report on the case has...
PHP appoints independent non-executive director
Primary Health Properties (PHP) has appointed Peter Cole as an independent non-executive director.
Cole, a chartered surveyor, is the chief investment officer of FTSE 100-listed...
One Healthcare moves into profit on the back of national NHS contracts
One Hatfield and One Ashford, the private hospitals which trade as One Healthcare and are owned by Octopus Group, moved into profit in 2021...
KIMS reports strong growth across all payor groups
The Kent Institute of Medicine and Surgery (KIMS Hospital) has said strong growth across all payor groups helped drive a double-digit jump in revenue...
Disabilities Trust starts work on new York site
Construction has started on a new specialist brain injury hospital in York operated by The Disabilities Trust.
The 5,000m2 facility will replace the Trust’s existing...
Benenden reports 10% rise in self-pay income
Strong demand for self-pay procedures helped drive an 8% jump in income at Benenden Hospital Trust in 2022.
The charitable hospital provider reported a 10% rise in...