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...

Harley Street Clinic opens new centre in Surrey

HCA has opened a private diagnostic and outpatients centre in South West London in partnership with some of London’s top consultants and local GPs.Harley...

Inpatient provision cheaper in the independent sector

The cost of providing inpatient mental health services could be 12.5% higher in the NHS than in the independent sector, according to research commissioned...

£1.5m super robot at The Wellington

HCA’s Wellington Hospital in North London has invested £1.5m in the latest version of the Da Vinci surgical robot. The robot now has more surgical...

Health sector on the mend

The good times are returning. That is the verdict of a survey of UK healthcare businesses published by Grant Thornton LLP last month.A massive 90%...

WPA launches NHS supplement

Health insurer WPA has launched a new top-up plan designed to supplement the NHS by providing ‘extra’ benefits ranging from top-up cancer drugs to...

Health Insurance Counter Fraud Group challenges GMC decisions

The Health Insurance Counter Fraud Group (HICFG) has challenged the ability of the General Medical Council (GMC) to effectively regulate the medical profession after...

Lansley: Darzi centres will be transferred to consortia

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has said that GP consortia will have to honour Darzi centre contracts once they take over commissioning.Speaking at the RCGP...

Independent sector reputation confirmed in HPA report

The independent acute hospital sector’s ongoing reputation for the management of hospital acquired infection has again been rubber-stamped following the publication of new data...

Partners will build and run community hospitals

Healthcare development and management company Arkanum has entered into a strategic alliance with building investor and developer MedicX in a bid to build and...