Healthcare at Home appoints Peter Nicklin

Healthcare at Home has appointed Peter Nicklin (pictured) as a non-executive director. With over 30 years’ experience of operational management in international healthcare, he is...

babylon’s expansion intensifies as Hancock pledges support  

Having signed a number of new international partnerships in recent weeks, digital healthcare provider babylon Health has announced that it will invest a further...

PHIN meets extended target for publishing consultant data

The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) has published initial performance measures on over 1,000 consultants working in private healthcare. The data was originally due for...

MedicX reaches refinancing agreement with Aviva

Primary care REIT MedicX has successfully refinanced £233.7m of existing Aviva loan facilities, increasing them by £30.8m. The refinancing, conducted without incurring break fees, combined...

Push Doctor signs deal with GP super-partnership

Push Doctor has entered into a deal with the UK’s biggest GP ‘super-partnership’ to provide online consultations across multiple CCGs. The virtual GP provider said...

Mixed bag from Fortius

Orthopaedic specialist Fortius Group has described its 2017 results as ‘mixed’ despite posting a 94% surge in revenue following the opening of its Fortius...
Aviva launches new private medical insurance service

Insurance start-up gets £2m backing

SME health insurance start-up Equipsme has secured £2m in development capital in a funding round worth £2.5m led by private equity firm Livingbridge. The AXA...

TLC introduces enlarged prostate therapy

Patients with benign prostate enlargement can now access a therapy called prostate artery embolisation through The London Clinic. More than a third of men over...
NHSE to strengthen patient choice

70 years of evolution: the rise of patient choice

Corinne Slingo and Hamza Drabu, partners at DAC Beachcroft, look at how the rise in patient choice has been driving change in the health...

Gamma Knife Icon introduced at Wellington Hospital

Private and NHS patients at the Wellington Hospital in north London can now undergo an updated form of brain and skull radiation therapy without...