NHSE to strengthen patient choice

The paperless referral

From the start of this month, acute providers will no longer be paid for any first outpatient appointment that hasn’t been made electronically.  NHS...

Former CQC manager appointed to St Andrew’s

​St Andrew’s Healthcare has appointed Margaret Henderson (pictured) as deputy director of quality & governance. She was most recently an inspection manager at the Care...

Solid second quarter for Totally Plc

Totally Plc said today that it is ‘well placed’ to take a significant share of the outsourced integrated urgent care market, reporting strong growth...

Sensyne chairman steps down

Professor John Bell has stepped down as chair of AI-powered digital healthcare company Sensyne Health. According to Sensyne, the decision was taken to avoid any...

Staffing agency completes MBO

Specialist care and nursing agency Acton Banks has completed a management buyout with investment backing worth £9.65m from private equity firm Maven Capital Partners. In...

Growth spurs NMC to raise full-year core earnings view

London-listed NMC Health has raised its full-year core earnings view following solid performance the second half of 2018, predicting ‘strong organic growth’ will continue...
Aviva launches new private medical insurance service

Flat PMI growth leading to innovation, LaingBuisson report finds

PMI markets have remained ‘stagnant’ for the second year running, but a new trend of insurers repositioning themselves as ‘health and wellbeing’ providers could...

‘Significant’ M&A growth in dentistry but creeping workforce challenges, says report

M&A activity in the UK dental market has seen ‘significant’ growth in recent years, but maintaining the supply of dentists could become a challenge,...

Cosmetics sector still in need of tighter regulation

The cosmetics industry is more stable than it has been in the past but still needs tighter regulation, according to Sally Taber, director of...

The key to good governance

IDF CEO Sue Smith argues why doctors should play a bigger role in hospital governance  There will be very few in the healthcare sector who...