Profits leap at expanded Cygnet

US-owned mental health provider Cygnet Health has reported a 35% leap in revenue to £179.3m for the year ended 31 December 2016 as acquisitions...

Deficit deepens at Retreat

Deficits have deepened at Quaker-owned mental health charity The Retreat York as it continued to face internal and external challenges. Income edged up 8% to...

Horder Healthcare consolidates

Orthopaedic charity Horder Healthcare has described 2016/17 as a year of consolidation following the mobilisation of its SMSKP joint venture and its acquisition of...

Bupa Dental Care acquires Metrodental

Bupa Dental Care has completed its acquisition of London based dental practice Metrodental. Metrodental, which was previously owned by private investors, comprises two of the...

An app a day…

Long waits and inconvenient appointment times are fuelling increased demand for private primary care services. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the rise...

The new GP

The traditional model of a family GP caring for multiple generations from birth to death is long gone but as yet no clear paradigm...

UDG Healthcare appoints chief financial officer

Healthcare service provider UDG Healthcare has appointed Nigel Clerkin as chief financial officer. Clerkin will take up his position on 1 May and will...

Tackling workforce issues after Brexit

Alarming statistics show that the UK’s withdrawal from the EU is already having a significant impact on nurse recruitment. DAC Beachcroft’s Udara Ranasinghe looks...

Making time

Mike Lewis, chairman of health technology company iPlato asks how the NHS can harness new technology to effectively deliver virtual consultations With so much money...

Cygnet Health Care appoints new chief executive

Dr. Tony Romero has been appointed chief executive of Cygnet Health Care, following the acquisition of Cambian Adult Services division, recently known as CAS...