Rising staffing costs hit Care Fertility

Increased staffing costs associated with investment in new IT systems and governance structures have impacted EBITDA at nationwide IVF provider Care Fertility. The company, which...

Is London losing out?

Ted Townsend, author of LaingBuisson’s Private Acute Healthcare in central London publication, reports on the Independent Doctors Federation’s inaugural London Healthcare Conference where one...

What’s in a name?

As Harley Street’s international patient market faces increasing competition from old rivals and new challengers, The Howard de Walden Estate has embarked on a strategy...

Changing times

London’s lucrative international private patient market is coming under pressure as the gulf states seek to contain the cost of medical tourism in the...

HM meets… Philip Luce

Think about the London international patient market and The Cromwell Hospital is probably the first name that springs to mind. Maria Davies talks to...

Cigna family dental cover

Cigna UK HealthCare Benefits has launched a customised extension of its dental plans which allows customers to add family members to their corporate dental...

The law of consent

Consent is a fundamental principle. It represents an individual’s right to autonomy about what is or isn’t done to them, where they have the...

PHM – the future for the NHS?

While it’s easy to get confused (and even cynical) about the ever expanding number of initiatives touted by the NHS – vanguards, multi-specialty community...

Elysium buys Lighthouse

Elysium Healthcare has acquired specialist learning disability and mental health provider Lighthouse Healthcare for an undisclosed sum, taking its portfolio to 40 sites. Founded in...

Foscote income falls

Banbury-based charitable hospital Foscote Court has announced a 9% drop in incoming resources to £2.6m for the year ended 30 September 2016. Total resources expended...