Cygnet opens personality disorder service for women

A rehabilitation service for women with personality disorders will open at Cygnet Hospital Colchester, formerly known as Fairview. The Flower Adams Unit, which opens in...

Elysium makes three acquisitions

Elysium Healthcare has acquired a mental health hospital and two learning disability services, bringing its portfolio to more than 50 sites. The Limes Hospital in...

Aviva strikes new deal with Now Healthcare Group

Aviva has partnered with digital health company, Now Healthcare Group (NHG), to offer its corporate health insurance customers a new GP service app with...

UDG Healthcare appoints CFO

Nigel Clerkin, whose appointment to UDG Healthcare was announced in December, has taken up the position of chief financial officer and has become an...

PHP appoints independent non-executive director

Primary Health Properties (PHP) has appointed Peter Cole as an independent non-executive director. Cole, a chartered surveyor, is the chief investment officer of FTSE 100-listed...
David Hare looks at the NHS Long Term Plan

The state of care

Despite the headlines, the CQC’s report on the independent sector revealed there is much to be proud of but that doesn’t mean the sector...

HCA UK gets go-ahead for hospital

HCA Healthcare UK and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) have received planning permission to build a £65m hospital together in Birmingham, West...

From Salisbury to social media

With MPs off on their Easter break, April is traditionally a quiet time in the corridors of power but this year was quite the...

Alcidion acquires MKM Health

Australian-based health informatics software company, Alcidion Corporation, has acquired healthcare IT solutions provider MKM Health and its New Zealand subsidiaries, as well as its...

Spire cements future vision in five-year strategy

Spire Healthcare has cemented its plans, first mooted last month, for three targets to help achieve its desired status as the UK’s ‘go-to’ independent...