Waterland buys Priory Group and announces plans to combine with Median

Pan-European private equity group Waterland has agreed to acquire Priory Group from its US owners Acadia for £1.1bn. It plans to combine the business...

Make or break for self-pay

Independent consultant Richard Gregory concludes his series on maximising self-pay with a look back over the past 12 months and an eye on future...

New horizons for healthcare

Independent providers have demonstrated innovation and resilience in this unprecedented year, putting the sector in good stead as we enter the New Year With Brexit,...

Spire revises guidance after strong recovery in private patient revenues

Spire Healthcare has upwardly revised its guidance for full year 2020 after reporting continuing high levels of NHS activity and strong recovery in private...

Practice management

Independent consultant Richard Gregory explains why offering consultants a full and professional practice management service could reap rewards when it comes to on-boarding new...

NHSE signs interim contract with independent sector as Covid cases surge

Independent healthcare providers have signed an interim contract to provide additional capacity to the NHS up until the end of March as cases of...

Birth beyond borders

The patchwork of regulation governing IVF treatment in Europe could be seen as a significant barrier to IVF providers looking to build pan-European brands,...

Private cardiac patients experience better outcomes, study finds

Private patients are 20% less likely to die or develop major complications, such as reintervention or stroke, after cardiac surgery than NHS patients, according...

New PHIN data indicates strong recovery for private electives

Private elective care returned to pre-pandemic levels in October, suggesting that the private insured and self-pay market had largely recovered in the run up...

Spend, spend, spend

Tim Read, director, UK and Europe Advisory Services at Marwood Group, looks at how the health service fared in the Chancellor’s latest Spending Review The...