Core Equity to buy Portman Dental

Investment company Core Equity Holdings is to buy a stake in Portman Dental from private equity firm Livingbridge. Financial details of the deal have not...

Phoenix Hospital Group continues expansion

Central London-based private healthcare operator Phoenix Hospital Group (PHG) has entered into a partnership with the London Eye Diagnostic Centre (LEDC) in a bid...

Eye care provider expands in West Lancashire

SpaMedica, a provider of eye care services for NHS patients, has secured a lease for a new eye hospital in West Lancashire, bringing its...

PHIN data will feed into NHS Digital

Independent sector healthcare data will be integrated into the NHS’s recording systems for the first time later this year, in a major next step...

Have baby, will travel

Despite huge medical advances over recent years, national policy on funding and access to fertility treatment varies widely from country to country. As regulation...

Most urgent primary care services rate highly

The majority of urgent primary care services in England are effective and their value should not be overlooked by commissioners, the Care Quality Commission’s...

Ramsay slashes guidance following weak performance in the UK

Ramsay Health Care has cut its earnings guidance for 2018, citing continued challenges in the UK market. Australia’s biggest healthcare company, which entered the UK...

NHS funding boost to support a ten-year plan

The government will publish a ten-year plan for the NHS to accompany its announcement of a 3.4% funding boost over next five years, Theresa May said...

Mental health start-up raises £2.2m

Healios, a digital mental healthcare company in the UK, has raised £2.2m in a funding round led by investors Albion Capital and Spice Capital...

Safety dominates debate at Private Healthcare Summit

Key stakeholders from across independent healthcare gathered in London this week for the Private Healthcare Summit, which was set against a backdrop of increased...