Bedford Hospital refuses to sign MSK deal without minimum income guarantee

Bedford Hospital Trust has refused to sign a deal, which would see it become a subcontractor in Circle Partnership’s £120m integrated musculoskeletal contract with...

PiC acquires Leicestershire-based service

Partnerships in Care has extended its existing care pathways following the acquisition of a 50-bed service in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, from The Danshell Group...

Yorkshire CCGs issue £284m Care Closer to Home contract

Greater Huddersfield and North Kirklees CCGs have issued a tender for a prime contractor to provide community services under their ‘Care Closer to Home’...

Capita appointment

Capita Healthcare Decisions has appointed Dr Charles Young as chief medical officer.An emergency physician and senior healthcare information executive, Dr Young trained in medicine...

Private firms vie it out for Staffs contract

The shortlist for East Staffordshire CCG’s £280m Improving Lives contract has been whittled down to just two private providers.Virgin Care and Optum will now...

Dr Quazi Haque appointed to RCoP

Partnerships in Care group medical director Dr Quazi Haque has been appointed as Chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrist’s Quality Network for Forensic...

Cambian Group plc has acquired Woodleigh Community Care for an enterprise value of £63m,...

The acquisition is aligned to Cambian’s strategy of increasing its specialist capability and capacity, and expanding into new geographies. Woodleigh operates 152 beds, across 13 residential homes and supported living units and one hospital in the Yorkshire and Humber region. The business provides a full pathway for specialist, community-based, high severity care for adults with complex needs, challenging behaviours and learning disabilities.

GVA appointment

GVA has expanded its dedicated healthcare property team again with the appointment of Joel Gazeres as an associate.Mr Gazeres will work alongside James Sandry...

BGF takes minority stake in Renal Services

Business Growth Fund (BGF), an independent company set up in 2011 to help grow UK SMEs, has taken a minority stake in Renal Services,...

BMI Hendon appoints executive director

BMI Hendon Hospital has appointed Andrew Jeavons-Fellows as executive director.Mr Jeavons-Fellows has worked in the healthcare sector for the past 11 years, holding senior...