Analysts upgrade Spire

Shares in Spire Healthcare received a shot in the arm yesterday after analyst Jefferies upgraded its position from ‘hold’ to ‘buy’, saying the market...

Joint replacement centre opens at Bupa Cromwell Hospital

The Fortius Joint Replacement Centre has opened at Bupa Cromwell Hospital in a new partnership between Fortius Clinic and Bupa. The centre will provide hip and...

Spending gap putting pressure on mental health services

Mental health workers are under pressure as the spending gap between NHS mental health services and NHS acute hospitals widened last year, according to...

Medica expecting 18% rise in sales

London-listed Medica Group has said it is expecting 2017 revenues to be up 18% on the previous year. In a pre-close trading update, the teleradiology...

Aviva exits IPMI market to focus on UK health business

Aviva is withdrawing from the international PMI (IPMI) market to focus on its UK health and wellbeing business. The move follows a strategic review, which...

NHSPN reaffirms extra capacity as NHS winter crisis continues

The NHS Partners Network (NHSPN) reaffirmed its offer to the NHS of additional capacity for 400,000 operations and tests as NHS England revealed record...

NHSPN reaffirms extra capacity as NHS winter crisis continues

The NHS Partners Network (NHSPN) has reaffirmed its offer to the NHS of additional capacities for 400,000 operations and tests, after the latest performance...

CPS renews calls for Royal Commission on NHS

The Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) has renewed its calls for a Royal Commission on the NHS in the wake of mounting winter pressures. The...

Baldwin steps down from STAH

Peter Winslow has been appointed executive chairman of St Andrew's Healthcare following the departure of chief executive Gil Baldwin. Winslow, who is currently the charity's...

Totally secures prison OOH deal

AIM-listed urgent care provider Totally plc has been awarded a £3m contract to provide out-of-hours GP services to prisons in Staffordshire. The deal was secured...