Healthcare Markets

Outsourcing firm Serco has appointed Rupert Soames OBE as group chief executive.Mr Soames, who is currently chief executive of FTSE100 support services company Aggreko...

None of the 12 market segments covered by the latest (2013/14) edition of LaingBuisson’s Healthcare Market has been immune from government austerity measures and pressures on disposable income. But with some exceptions – including those companies which still have a massive debt overhang from pre-crunch days - they remain in fundamentally good shape, with solid prospects for growth in the medium to long term as the economy recovers during 2014 and beyond. On the negative side, those markets which rely on government funding have had to adapt in many cases to real terms fee reductions. But on the plus side, public sector commissioners have reacted to financial pressures not by protecting their own in-house provision, but by increased outsourcing. Taking 2010 as the base point, when the coalition government was formed and before austerity measures were implemented, all but one of the markets for which recent data are available has witnessed an increase in public sector outsourcing. The exception is private acute medical care, where the outsourced activity gains from Choose and Book have been matched by losses in the scale of the ISTC programme. The share of NHS paid elective surgery which is undertaken by independent providers remains below 5%, see Table, though this looks certain to expand in the future as awareness of Choose and Book grows.

Neurorehabiliation specialist Christchurch Court Holdings has reported a X leap in turnover to £5.1m.The Group, which operates from locations in Northampton and Bedford, attributed...

International PMI provider ALC Health has recruited Sarah-Louise Petras to spearhead the company’s client services team.Ms Petras, who has over 12 years’ experience as...

BMI Healthcare has entered into a partnership with health and fitness consultancy 3d Leisure to provide custom health and wellness packages to the employee...

In an interim management statement for the three months ended 31 December 2013, the company said the quarterly valuation of its portfolio, made on...

Christina Walsh, former regional executive director at Partnerships in Care, has joined Glenside as chief executive officer.Walsh said: ‘I am excited to be joining...

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW) has withdrawn from the procurement process to find a strategic partner for the George Eliot hospital,...

Cigna UK HealthCare Benefits (UKHB) has launched a new dental benefit in response to customer concerns over treatment affordability.The Healthy Discounts feature will be...

In an industry as heavily regulated as healthcare, it was remarkable that the excesses and faults of the cosmetic interventions sector were so long...