Turnover surge at HWH Group

HWH Group Ltd, the out of hours (OOH) care business has reported continued double digit growth but also records a ‘disappointing’ loss. Revenue grew to...

Assura continues its strong property performance

Assura, the primary healthcare property company has reported increased revenue and annualised rents for the third quarter to 31 December 2011. Group revenues increased 37%...

Recovery Star lights up best care

St Andrew’s Healthcare, charitable provider of mental health services, has published the first outcomes data from the Mental Health Recovery Star. Researchers Dr Geoff Dickens,...

Growth for Impellam but Medacs arm shrinks

Impellam, global staffing solutions firm, reported a positive year in its results for the 52 weeks ending December 31 2011 with EBITDA increasing 13.9%...

Maxxima contends with staffing costs

Maxxima Ltd, the health and social care recruitment firm, has posted a decrease in turnover from £33.5m in 2010 to £25.4m for the year...

New guidance needed for mental health commissioning

Four practical guides to help current and future commissioners plan and deliver high quality mental health services have been published by the Joint Commissioning...

UKSH sees large increase in turnover

Independent sector treatment centre (ISTC) provider UK Specialist Hospitals (UKSH) posted a large increase in turnover to £62.7m from £32.9m in 2010 and turned...

New treatment for liver cancer patients

BMI The Alexandra Hospital in Cheshire is to provide a new, non-surgical treatment for liver cancer. The Drug-Eluting Beads delivering Irinotecan (DEBIRI) treatment is...

GPs criticse NHS hospital care

Those in support of GP commissioning received a boost from a survey of GPs damming care in their local hospitals.Pulse magazine surveyed just 500...

£65bn funding for NHS clinical commissioning groups

Doctors, nurses and other health professionals could in the future control almost £65 billion of NHS funding, Andrew Lansley, health secretary has announced.In addition,...