Scott Maguire, CEO, Cannaray

Medical cannabis company fulfills first UK prescription

Cannaray has completed its first UK patient prescription following a £7.8m Series A funding round in 2019, with the company eyeing expansion this year. The...

KIMS Hospital buys diagnostics centre from HCA

Kent-based KIMS Hospital has expanded its presence in the west of the county with the acquisition of Sevenoaks Medical Centre from HCA for an...
Nuffield Health partners with Leicester Real World Evidence Unit

Nuffield Health outsources occupational health service

Nuffield Health has announced plans to outsource its entire occupational health business to specialist occupational health company Health Partners.  The charitable health and wellbeing provider...

Spire expecting to report positive momentum in sales growth

Spire Healthcare Group said today that it expects its 2019 earnings to be in line with current guidance and market expectations following 'positive momentum'...

NHSE allocates £22m for additional elective capacity this winter

NHS England (NHSE) has allocated £22m to NHS trusts to increase elective and diagnostic capacity over winter. The ‘targeted investment’ is aimed at supporting additional...

Mildmay Mission plans London’s first hospital for homeless people

Bethnal Green-based charitable hospital Mildmay Mission has announced plans to become London’s first specialist hospital for homeless people. The plans are being discussed today at...

IntraHealth profits plummet as it continues to rebalance its GP contract book

Contract cessations and increased NHS property service charges have driven down profits at GP and primary care specialist IntraHealth Ltd. Revenue dipped 4% to £23.3m...

Third sector could play a bigger role in health prevention agenda, says Nuffield report

The third sector is working more closely with the NHS to deliver health prevention and early intervention programmes but progress is slow and piecemeal,...
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CQC raises serious concerns over leadership and governance at Cygnet

Cygnet Health Care has been told by the CQC that it must take ‘immediate action’ to improve its management and governance systems or risk...

People power

As the NHS prepares to publish its People Plan, a new report published by the GMC has revealed a major shift in the clinician...