Assura plc appoints non-executive director

Primary care property investor Assura plc has appointed Jonathan Davies as a non-executive director. Davies has been chief financial officer at catering company SSP Group...

InfraVia acquires Mater Private

French infrastructure investment company InfraVia Capital Partners has agreed to buy Ireland’s Mater Private hospital group from US fund HarbourVest Partners for an undisclosed...

Urgent reform of NHS financial system needed to make most of new money

Urgent reform of how money moves around the NHS must happen if extra funding is going to make a difference to patients, former Health...

Advanced Oncotherapy announces new long term investor

Advanced Oncotherapy has received £10m from its Chinese distribution partner Yantai Cipu. The payment completes Yantai Cipu’s £30m investment in the AIM-listed proton beam therapy...

The truth is out there

Transparency is the key to ensuring public trust in outsourced services, says Public Policy Projects director Ben Howlett This month has been quite unusual in...

Spire Healthcare appoints non-executive director

Dr Ronnie van der Merwe has been appointed a non-executive director at Spire Healthcare ahead of his appointment on Friday as CEO of Mediclinic...

New services set to open at Cygnet Health Care

Cygnet Health Care is to open three new services throughout June. The Acorn Ward, a ten-bed female psychiatric intensive care unit at Cygnet Hospital Woking,...

Pan-London commissioning plans could restrict access to common procedures, warns BMA

Access to common elective procedures such as hip and knee replacements could be restricted in the capital if new policies set out as part...

Equal pay across the NHS – the impact

The announcement of pay rises of up to 29% for NHS staff has been broadly welcomed but the way funding is being allocated risks...

PHIN appoints clinical advisor

Dr Natalie Silvey has been appointed a clinical advisor at the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN). Working part-time at PHIN alongside her role as a...