HCA announces two appointments

In two key appointments, HCA has named Keith Biddlestone as group commercial director and Charlotte Espie as CEO at The Princess Grace Hospital.Mr Biddlestone...

Drugs payment by results pilot tender announced

The Department of Health (DH) is to pilot a drug addiction recovery Payment by Results (PbR) scheme across eight areas in England.An invitation to...

Prudential hit by restructuring

Prudential Health Insurance has released its financial results for the year ended 31 December 2010. Pre-tax loss for the year was £15.1m (2009: £9.4m...

AXA PPP healthcare appointment

AXA PPP Healthcare has appointed Elliott Hurst as director of health consulting.Reporting to AXA PPP sales and marketing director James Freeston, he will be...

Circle must wait to take over Hinchingbrooke

Circle will have to wait to take over the running of Hinchingbrooke Healthcare NHS Trust because the Department of Health (DH) has delayed approval...

Mild posts solid results

Mental health hospital provider Mild Professional Homes Limited has reported a £2.4m increase in revenues to £22.4m in the year ended 31 October 2010.Operating...

Atos bows out in Bow

NHS Tower Hamlets has terminated a 10-year contract with Atos Healthcare seven years early after it failed to meet the stipulated performance outcomes set...

Mutuals to compete with independent sector

Andrew Lansley’s invitation to doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals to set up mutuals that will contract with the NHS could see them competing...

Servoca dips

Healthcare recruitment company Servoca, formerly known as Multi Group, has released its financial results for the year ended September 30 2010.Revenue stood at £50.2m...

The Practice acquires again

The Practice has acquired all six practices run by US-owned UnitedHealth UK for an undisclosed sum, with immediate affect.UnitedHealth UK said that it had...