Quality appointments for Cygnet Health

Cygnet Health Care –outsourcing provider to the NHS of acute and intensive care mental health services – has hired two experienced clinicians to work...

The Practice suffers loss as costs rise

The Practice, the UK’s largest GP practice group, for the 12 month period ended 31 March 2012, saw turnover on continuing operations increase to...

Denplan adds head ofcorporate role

Denplan, the dental payment plan specialist, has appointed Pam Whelan to its executive leadership team as head of corporate.Ms Whelan was previously Denplan's corporate...

Bupa revenue up but profits down

Bupa, the private medical insurance and global healthcare company, in its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2012, showed revenue up 1%...

Chairman for PPF

The Private Patients’ Forum (PPF) has announced Sir Nicholas Bonsor has become its chairman. Sir Nicholas’ experience ranges from being a barrister, an MP...

Losses for Westover

Westover Medical Ltd, a group of London-based integrated healthcare clinics, saw accumulated losses rise to £8.5m for the year ending 30 June 2012 on...

Circle confirms Steve Melton as CEO

Circle Holdings has appointed Steve Melton as the permanent chief executive officer. Mr Melton assumed the role of interim chief executive in December 2012,...

James Hull Associates sees operating loss

James Hull Associates (JHA), the troubled chain of 70 UK practices which was bought by Smiles Dental, the Dublin-based dental chain in September 2012,...

Ashley House plc appoints exec director

Ashley House plc has appointed Richard Darch as executive director. Mr Darch is a health economist by training and has run health and social...

IHAS subsumed into AIHO

Independent Healthcare Advisory Services (IHAS) is to become a division of the Association of Independent Healthcare Organisations (AIHO), formerly the Private Hospitals Alliance.AIHO says...