Mediclinic shares tumble as it warns of drop in earnings

Shares in international private healthcare group Mediclinic International plummeted this morning (17 October) after the London-listed company flagged an 8% drop in EBITDA to...

Wind-up of loss making contracts boosts profitability at IntraHealth

IntraHealth has reported an 8.1% drop in turnover to £24.3m for the year ended 31 March 2018 following the cessation of five loss-making APMS...

Virgin Care GP practice put in special measures

A GP practice run by Virgin Care in Essex has been placed in special measures by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), which said a...

Apposite Capital appoints investment executive

Apposite Capital has appointed Lauren Edison as investment executive. Edison joins the private equity firm from Jefferies International where she was a healthcare investment banking...

IVF must re-establish ethics and innovation, says CREATE CEO

‘Ethics and strategic decision-making’ need to be re-established if the IVF market is to grow in the UK, CREATE Fertility and abc IVF chief...

Decline in NHS activity pushes income down 9% at HMT

The Healthcare Management Trust (HMT) has said reductions in both NHS activity and NHS tariff prices were behind a 9% drop in total income...

Bupa and HCA launch breast cancer centres

Bupa and HCA Healthcare UK have partnered to launch specialist centres for breast cancer which offer patients fast access to diagnostics and treatment. The move,...

Hancock pledges crackdown on agency staff

Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock (pictured) has said there will be a further crackdown on the use of agency staff in the...

Losses deepen at Colosseum as dentist shortage continues

Colosseum Dental UK, part of the pan-European Colosseum Dental Group owned by Jacobs Holdings, has reported an operating loss of £3m for the nine...

HM meets…Bob Andrews

Before 1948, health plans were one of the key sources of funding for healthcare. Over the last 70 years they have been eclipsed by...