Phoenix Hospital launches early cancer detection service

Phoenix Hospital Group has announced plans to launch a full-body cancer screening imaging service at its Harley Street site.   The ‘Advanced Cancer Screening’ service...

Spire shareholders vote down Ramsay bid

Spire Healthcare shareholders have rejected Ramsay Health Care’s £1.4bn takeover bid, ending plans to create the UK’s largest private hospital group. Ramsay sweetened its bid...
Sensyne Health CEO Paul Drayson

Sensyne explores dual listing in the US

Clinical AI company Sensyne Health has announced plans to explore a dual listing on NASDAQ. The company, which was founded by former science minister and...

Beating the cardio backlog

Mark Bailham and Mark Woolley from cardiology equipment supplier Cardio Solutions, part of the Healthcare 21 Group, explore the role the private sector has...

Playing the waiting game

IHPN director of policy and delivery David Furness looks at what rising NHS waiting lists mean for the independent health sector NHS England’s monthly performance data is always eagerly...

Clinova welcomes new board advisor

Digital healthcare company Clinova has appointed Alessandro Barnaba to advise the board on its growth funding strategy. Barnaba previously spent over 20 years at the...

Cosmetic surgery provider deregistered after repeated breaches

The CQC has deregistered a Sunderland-based cosmetic surgery provider after it continued to carry out surgical procedures in breach of conditions. The regulator ordered Aesthetic...

Fortius moves back into loss as Covid hits activity across its London sites

Fortius London Ltd, the London subsidiary of Fortius Group, has posted a full-year loss after the pandemic hit activity across its five sites. The company...

MDU partners with surgical safety charity

Medical defence organisation the Medical Defence Union (MDU) has joined with the Confidential Reporting System for Surgery (CORESS) in a new collaboration aimed at...

L&G launches hybrid health and protection product

Legal & General has launched a new hybrid protection product which combines PMI benefits with life insurance and income protection. The new health and wellbeing...