Lloyds Clinical appoints first chief patient officer

Lloyds Clinical has appointed Jo Upton to the newly created role of chief patient officer, expanding its executive team as it looks to strengthen...

PHP fends off private equity with £1.8bn Assura merger deal

Primary Health Properties (PHP) has struck a recommended £1.8bn merger with Assura, seeing off a £1.7bn all-cash bid from a consortium led by KKR...

Portman Healthcare lifts EBITDA 70% as Dentex integration boosts revenue

Portman Healthcare (Group) Limited has reported a 70% rise in adjusted EBITDA to £90.6m for the year to 30 September 2024 as the enlarged...

Bupa opens clinical training centre

Bupa has launched a £6m clinical training facility in Staines in a bid to address widespread workforce shortages across the UK health and social...

Enhancing patient experience & growing patient numbers

Alex Fairweather, specialist consultant in healthcare technology and founder of HealthTech and AI Partners, discusses the application of generative AI to patient acquisition processes   ‘The...

More calls for regulation of ‘wild west’ aesthetic sector

The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has warned that the UK’s cosmetic procedures market remains dangerously under-regulated, with lives at risk from unsafe practices,...

Spire signs MoU with Genomics to offer predictive health tests

Spire Healthcare has signed a memorandum of understanding with genetic testing company Genomics to integrate personalised risk prediction into its primary care services. The agreement...

IHPN, CQC, HSSIB Patient Safety conference

Amid sweeping changes in regulation and renewed scrutiny of oversight bodies, IHPN’s annual Patient Safety Conference brought together members and experts to share insights,...

WPA and Ramsay Health Care UK renew four-year partnership

WPA and Ramsay Health Care UK have signed a new four-year agreement, extending their existing relationship and pledging to collaborate on new initiatives to...

Consultant numbers up, with women leading the way

In the latest column from the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN), healthcare data analyst, Amna Talat, examines the gender distribution of surgical consultants across...