Acting CMO announced

Professor Dame Sally Davies will take up the role of chief medical officer following the departure of Sir Liam Donaldson at the end of...

CancerPartners UK still in start-up mode

CancerPartners UK has recorded a loss after tax of £3.2m for the year ended June 2009, an increase on the previous years’ figure of...

Pru shakes up health insurance

PruProtect is permitting its policyholders to purchase private medical insurance (PMI) through the launch of two new products.By adding PruProtect’s Health Cover or Health...

Care UK inks NHS contracts

Care UK has reached agreements to continue providing services for NHS patients at three independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) in Derbyshire, High Wycombe and...

Revenue up but GHG delays IPO

Revenues at General Healthcare Group have been boosted yet again by an increase in NHS activity, but the company’s South African owner Netcare said...

Care UK begins Bucks operations

Care UK has started delivering healthcare provision to three prisons in the NHS Buckinghamshire area under a five-year contract.The contract includes Aylesbury Young Offenders...

Nuffield revenues ahead of expectations

Revenues at Nuffield Health were £1.1m ahead of its expectations in the first quarter of this year but fell 1.6% on a like-for-like basis...

Expansion at mental health homecare provider

Complex mental health and challenging needs specialist Gray Healthcare is set to grow operations after securing a sizable funding package which it plans to...

HCL trading in line with expectations

Specialist staffing provider Healthcare Locums (HCL) plc has reported trading in line with management expectations in the first four months of 2010.In an update...

BMA re-elects chairman of council

Dr Hamish Meldrum has been re-elected chairman of the British Medical Association’s (BMA’s) council.Dr Meldrum, who was first elected to the post in June...