Vocare awarded contract extension worth £4.1m

Out-of-hospital services provider Totally plc has secured contract extensions worth £4.1m through its wholly owned subsidiary Vocare Limited. Vocare, a provider of urgent care services...

Echo appoints directors

Echo, a digital prescription service start-up, has appointed three directors in a bid to drive growth. Roger Hassan has been named vice president of operations,...
Nigeria: Noor Dubai Foundation launches eye care programme in Katsina

Nordic Capital acquires Ober Scharrer Group

Nordic Capital Fund IX has acquired OberScharrer Group (OSG), a German ophthalmology provider, from Palamon Capital Partners. The value of the deal has not been...

Aviva launches mental health service for big companies

Aviva is launching a mental health service for employees belonging to large corporate clients, offering quick and specialised support for mental health conditions. The service,...

HCA’s cancer partnership with NHS Trust ends

HCA Healthcare UK's seven-year oncology partnership with Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust has ended through ‘mutual agreement’, according to a joint statement from HCA...

HM meets… JJ O’Connor

Demand for mental health services is on the rise in the capital. Maria Davies talks to JJ O’Connor, managing director of London’s only full...

Pihlajalinna Plc acquires Doctagon Ab

Finnish health and social care provider Pihlajalinna Plc has signed a share exchange agreement for the acquisition of its national rival Doctagon Ab. The share...

Two operating theatres open at The Grosvenor Hospital

Two operating theatres have opened at Nuffield Health Chester’s The Grosvenor Hospital as part of a £7m development. Nuffield will now convert the hospital’s old...

CRG acquires Healthcare Locums

Healthcare recruiter Castlerock Recruitment Group (CRG) has acquired recruitment agency HealthCare Locums (HCL) for an undisclosed sum in a move which it claims will...

HCA expands network of urgent care centres

HCA will open urgent care walk-in centres at both its London Bridge Hospital and the Portland Hospital following a surge of visits over the...