PHP invests in medical centres

Primary Health Properties, the primary healthcare facilities provider, has acquired a standing let medical centre investment and is to fund two additional medical centre...

Private foreign patients boost NHS

Contrary to some media reports, more UK residents currently travel abroad for treatment than international patients travel to the UK to access NHS or...

Loss for Gotodoc

Gotodoc, which provides out of hours medical services, reported an operating loss of £64,000 (2011: £542,000 loss) for the year ending 31 March 2012...

Business case – HMN meets Dr Gail Lese

QWhat led you to decide to develop the Allele Fund and Mee Healthcare?A I am a medical doctor and trained at Cornell University in...

Monitor drops debt cap in NHS Provider Licence

Monitor, the NHS regulator, has published its hotly-debated NHS Provider Licence Agreement and, in a move that must be a relief to the private...

Equilibrium’s profit falls

Equilibrium Healthcare, the specialist provider of mental health and learning disability services within Greater Manchester which operates the Bigfoot Independent Hospital and Moston Grange care home for adults, has released its results for the year ended 30 June 2012. Revenue was £6.6m (2011: £6.9m), cost of sales £4.0m (2011: £3.8m) and admin expenses £1.1m (2011: £1.1m). After net interest cost of £29,000 (2011: £59,000) profit before tax was £1.4m (2011: £2.0m).

The Francis report – legal analysis

The Francis report – named for Robert Francis QC - into the events at Mid Staffordshire Hospital makes very difficult reading for the public...

Privates win access to NHS pension

NHS staff who are compulsorily transferred (under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations) to private operators providing NHS services are now able to...

Healthcare Locums: Investors get time

Healthcare Locums, the staff healthcare provider, has announced an extension of deadline with regard to a decision by investors to buy into the company....

Call for Monitor and CQC?roles to be clarified

MPs on the Health Committee have repeated the view that the parallel roles of Monitor and Care Quality Commission, criticized in the Francis Report...