Bupa enters new market

Bupa has bought insurer Acıbadem Sigorta for an undisclosed sum, marking its entry into the Turkish health insurance market. Subject to regulatory approval, the transaction...

HM meets…Peter Byloos

Vision correction surgery is becoming a crowded market as new technology increases the options for consumers and investors eye international expansion. Optegra’s new CEO...

Sensyne Health lists on AIM

Digital healthcare company Sensyne Health has raised £60m from its initial placing on AIM. The oversubscribed placing of 34,285,714 ordinary shares at 175p per share...

Mobile diagnostics service launches in London

Thought to be the first of its kind in the UK, a start-up mobile diagnostics service called VisitHealth has launched in the London area,...

NHS England upholds objection to GP at Hand expansion

 Objections to the roll out of London-based digital practice GP at Hand in Birmingham have been upheld by NHS England amid ‘outstanding concerns’ about...

Fiona Booth joins Healthcode

Fiona Booth (pictured), the former chief executive of the Association of Independent Healthcare Organisations, is to take up a position at Healthcode, an IT...

Healthcare at Home appoints CFO

Spencer Sheridan has been appointed chief financial officer (CFO) at Healthcare at Home. Sheridan has board-level experience within a number of sectors including facilities management,...

Patients waiting over 18 weeks for surgery to double to almost one million

The number of people waiting over the 18-week target for elective surgery will double to reach nearly one million in six years, according to...

The DOLLAR$ in DIALYSIS

The dialysis market is highly consolidated but is there room for growth? Sam Coates, Gonçalo Silva and Dr Victor Chua of Mansfield Advisors assess...

AXA PPP launches health plan with coaching service

AXA PPP healthcare has launched a new health plan for companies, which includes telephone coaching to help improve employee health and wellbeing. The Realise Health...