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Optegra appoints new MD
Ophthalmic services provider Optegra has appointed Gareth Steer as managing director. Mr Steer, who was previously surgical vice president for Europe, the Middle East...
New appointments at Medihome
Prof Sir Cyril Chantler has been appointed non-executive director of acute home healthcare provider Medihome. Sir Cyril, who is chairman of UCL Partners and...
Cautious optimism
Speaking exclusively to CCMN, the head of a leading mental healthcare provider the former NHS manager and now chief executive of independent mental health...
Lansley splashes £70m on re-ablement
Coming good on a former Labour government promise, health minister Andrew Lansley last month announced that £70m would be put towards increasing so-called re-ablement...
GP commissioning plans to affect social care
GP consortia will be responsible for providing funding to practices covering care homes, providing nursing cover and commissioning support services for elderly patients under...
NICE stripped of powers
GP consortia will take over from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) in deciding which drugs the NHS can and cannot use when...
Allied Healthcare for sale?
Having successfully, if unexpectedly, joined up the Automobile Association with the Saga Group over two years ago (CCMN July 2007), the private equity group...
Mental health devolved
Mental health provision in North Yorkshire has been devolved with NHS North Yorkshire & York handing over the reins to local primary care and...
Survey: care residents missing medical attention
Nearly seven out of ten care home residents are not receiving a regular planned medical review by their GP and 44% are not getting...
Priory looks set to become US investment vehicle
US private equity firm Bain is said to be nearing completion of a deal to take over the Priory Group in a move, which...
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