Circle drops challenge to CQC rating

Circle has said it will not pursue plans to challenge the inadequate rating given to Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust by the Care Quality Commission...

Virgin secures £280m Staffordshire contract

Virgin Care has fended off competition from rival Optum to secure a £280m contract to pro-vide services for people with long term conditions and...

Moving care from institutional settings

In the latest push to move mental health, learning disability and autism services away from institutional settings, the Department of Health has published a...

Private firms on first mobile clinical services contract

NHS Supply Chain has announced the eleven independent sector providers included on its first national framework agreement for mobile and clinical solutions.Alliance Medical, Care...

Bupa delivers solid results

Bupa UK grew its UK revenues 5% to £2.7bn in the year ended 31 December 2014 as cus-tomer numbers climbed 3%. The UK business -...

LIFT provider completes new mental health unit

Developer Liverpool & Sefton Health Partnership (LSHP) has completed a new £25m mental health hospital in Liverpool.The Clock View hospital was opened by Mersey...

Spire announces first year-end results since IPO

Spire Healthcare Group plc has announced a 12% rise in revenues driven by growth across all three of its payor groups.Preliminary results for the...

Ramsay UK business remains strong

Ramsay Health Care UK has reported a 9% rise in revenue to £198.1m for the six months ending 31 December 2014.In line with previous...

Cygnet appoints group medical director

Cygnet Health Care has appointed Dr Robert Kehoe as group medical director.Dr Kehoe joined the company in 2002 at its Wyke hospital and later...

GE Capital provides leasing facility for BMI

BMI Healthcare has secured a £6m structured leasing facility from GE Capital to upgrade MRI and CT diagnostic imaging technology at its flagship hospitals.Six...