Healthcare Markets

Public sector cuts and continued pressure on charitable fundraising activities have resulted in another difficult year for Action on Addiction.The addiction treatment charity, which...

Private health insurer, Simplyhealth, is set to appoint Mike Hall, former CEO of Standard Life Healthcare, as a non executive director subject to FSA...

Less advantageous pricing for ISTC contracts along with the tapering off of efficiency gains have slowed growth at Ramsay Health Care’s UK business.The company,...

Colliers International has appointed Adrian Ilott as a director in its Healthcare team.Mr Ilott has clocked up 12 years in the healthcare sector, starting...

Spire Healthcare has acquired health check provider Lifescan Ltd in a deal worth £1.3m.

The ‘boutique strategy consultancy’ Candesic has appointed an additional senior advisor to its healthcare team in the form of Philippe Cocude. Bringing over 25...

The pan-European corporate finance house DC Advisory Partners has appointed Philipp Gutzwiller as its new managing director. Based in London, Mr Gutzwiller brings 17...

The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) has spoken out strongly about Bupa’s medical review process for knee arthroscopy. In reference to the insurer’s move to introduce a pre-authorisation process for knee arthroscopy, the RCS said in a protracted statement: The College does not support any third party review of a consultant’s decision to treat a patient. There are very clear clinical guidelines laid down by NICE and by individual specialty associations and there is no need for a decision to be reviewed by another consultant or anyone else, unless it is at the request of the patient or the consultant’.

Learning disabilities support provider Castlebeck has announced the closure of a further two homes in its portfolio just weeks after chief executive Lee Reed announced that a damaging report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) would be used as springboard for a wide ranging management restructure.

Pregnancy and sexual health services provider British Pregnancy Advisory Services (Bpas) has reported a trading surplus of £922,000 (2010: £707,000) for the year ended...