Sports medicine centre to open at Spire

Spire Southampton Hospital is building a new £2m state-of-the-art sports medicine facility, which it hopes will become one of the leading sport and exercise...

Budget confirms OH tax break

The Chancellor has confirmed plans to introduce tax relief for occupational health treatments funded by employers.Under the plans, which were originally announced in the...

George Eliot tender scrapped

Plans to find a strategic partner to run the George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton have been scrapped due to ‘significant improvements’ at the Trust.The...

Jelf partners WBN

Jelf International has partnered with insurance specialists Worldwide Broker Network (WBN).WBN has brokers in over 500 cities in approximately 100 countries, including Europe and...

Sandon rebrands

Sandon House Clinic, which was acquired by Bespoke Healthcare in January, has been rebranded Greater Lancashire Hospital ahead of its first NHS contract.The clinic...

PiC extends learning disability service

Partnerships in Care (PiC) has extended its Essex learning disability services with the addition of ten new beds in three bungalows. The new service,...

Dentistry: corporates display good growth despite contraction

Strong growth by incumbent corporate dentistry groups and a spate of new corporate entrants have helped accelerate consolidation of primary care dentistry, though UK...

Craegmoor opens new home in Kent

Craegmoor is investing £1m in a new residential service for people with autistic spectrum condition in Maidstone, Kent. Sapphire House is a purpose-built facility,...

DH scraps guarantee requirement for IS providers

Independent sector providers joining the NHS Pension Scheme in April will no longer be required to obtain a three-month contributions guarantee or bond, the...

More children on adult wards

Figures released by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) this month show that more under-18s were admitted to adult mental health wards...