Bupa partners with HERO for online tool
Bupa Global has launched a free online tool in partnership with US-based Health Enhancement Research Organisation (HERO) so that companies can assess the effectiveness...
Robot-supported technology available at second Netcare hospital
A hybrid theatre, equipped with a robot-supported angiography system device for ‘minimally invasive’ surgical procedures, has opened at Netcare’s Sunninghill Hospital in Johannesburg, South...
UK’s first proton beam centre approved
Proton Partners International (PPI) has received approval from The Healthcare Inspectorate Wales to treat patients with proton beam therapy at its Rutherford Cancer Centre...
Beyond bricks and mortar
Hospitals, as we know them, are changing. Advances in technology have made inroads into healthcare delivery to varying degrees around the world.
In the UK,...
Everlight Radiology wins teleradiology tender
Everlight Radiology has won a teleradiology tender for three NHS trusts in Essex.
The company will provide urgent after-hours emergency and routine radiology reporting services...
Bupa UK partners with Proton Therapy Centre
Bupa UK has partnered with the Proton Therapy Centre in Prague, Czech Republic, to offer its eligible health insurance members access to pencil-scanning technology...
St Andrew’s appoints new CEO
Katie Fisher has been appointed chief executive of St Andrew’s Healthcare and will take up her role on 25 June.
Fisher was formerly chief executive...
Apposite invests in OrthoD
Apposite Capital has backed a management buy-out (MBO) of UK medical products and implants producer OrthoD.
Apposite acquired OrthoD from The Riverside Company, an international...
Netcare to quit BMI
Netcare has announced plans to dispose of its interests in BMI Healthcare, citing 'unsustainable' escalation in rent and softening demand from the NHS.
A statement...
HM meets… Sir Robert Naylor
A year after publication, the government has finally accepted all 17 of Sir Robert Naylor’s recommendations for a far-reaching overhaul of NHS property and...