Healthcare Markets

New figures from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) indicate that demand for cosmetic surgery has fallen over the last year.

Behavioural and mental wellness company SilverCloud Health has launched a range of customisable online therapeutic programmes to tackle co-morbid depression and anxiety disorders. Developed...

Only around 6.5% of the value of community service contracts due to expire this year will be subject to competitive procurement, research by Monitor...

Former Bupa medical director Dr Annabel Bentley has been appointed group executive medical director at diagnostics provider InHealth.A Fellow of the Royal College of...

Rajiv Grover, consultant plastic surgeon and former President of the BAAPS with responsibility for the UK national audit of cosmetic surgery, said: The difference between 2013 and 2014 may seem surprising, but the dramatic double-digit rise last year was very clearly a post-austerity boom’, and figures are simply now returning to a more rational level. It might seem counterintuitive that as plastic surgeons we could possibly welcome such a change, but we are pleased that the public are now so much more thoughtful, cautious and educated in their approach to cosmetic surgery.

Southwest Pathology Services LLP has reported a 26% jump in turnover to £14.5m for the year ended 31 March 2014.Cost of sales increased by...

Browne Jacobson in Nottingham has strengthened its health team with the appointment of partner Tom Armstrong.Mr Armstrong was the former joint head of Kennedys...

The cosmetic surgery market is being driven by the over 65s, according to the first annual Plastic Surgery Insight survey published by Nuffield Health.Almost...

Harrogate based cosmetic surgery provider MYA Cosmetic Surgery has reported turnover of £18.9m for the 15 months ended 31 March 2014.Cost of sales was...

Octopus Healthcare has appointed Jose de Pablo as investment director to support its growing Healthcare business, which includes its recently acquired MedicX Holdings Ltd.Mr...