Occupancy upturn for specialist care

The Colliers Care Homes Review for the first six months of 2014 found that occupancy in specialist care homes has increased for the first...

Oasis makes second acquisition in six weeks

Oasis Healthcare is continuing on the acquisition trail after buying Apex Dental Care for an undisclosed sum.Established in 2007, the 31-practice portfolio provides NHS...

Circle appoints non-executive directors

Circle Holdings has appointed two high profile non executive directors to its Board.Lord Hutton of Furness and Justin Jewitt joined the company’s Board last...

Ramsay bids for Generale de Santé

Ramsay Health Care is looking to increase its European footprint with a majority stake in French hospital group Generale de Santé.Ramsay Santé, a joint...

Building Bridges to acute care at home

Private investment firm Bridges Ventures announced last month that it is backing ORLA Healthcare, a new provider of acute medical homecare.ORLA’s Hospital at Home...

Capsticks promotions

Capsticks LLP has announced the promotion of Victoria Watson (Employment) and James Penry-Davey (Professional Discipline) from associates to partners.Managing director Alison Morley said: ‘We...

Healthcare at Home pledges to improve delivery

Specialist home healthcare provider Healthcare at Home has pledged to improve its medication delivery systems following an investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism...

Premium income up at AXA

The UK’s second largest insurer Axa PPP Healthcare has reported a 3% increase in net premium income for the year ended 31 December 2013.Premiums...

Monitor appoints Iain Osborne

Iain Osborne has been appointed as a non-executive director of the health sector regulator, Monitor.Mr Osborne, who is currently group director for regulatory policy...

New mental health stats

Statistics from the Health and Social Care Information Centre have revealed that just under 60% of people aged 18-69 who were being treated under...