ALC Health appointment

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 teams up with gym operator

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

MedicX reports increase in portfolio valuationX Specialist primary care property investor Medicx has said...

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

Glenside appoints chief executive

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...

Two private bidders remain in George Eliot race

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW) has withdrawn from the procurement process to find a strategic partner for the George Eliot hospital,...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

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...

Review of the regulation of Cosmetic Intervention

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

NHS to work more with independents

The NHS and independent organisations are set to develop more consortiums to bid for large contracts according to head of healthcare at Care UK...

Children treated on adult mental health wards

Children are still being treated in adult psychiatric units miles from home despite a pledge by the Department of Health to stop the practice...

Independents defend data sharing

The independent sector defended data sharing last month following criticism of the Care.data scheme about the sell-off of data to private insurers without public...