More impressive growth at Ambition

Ambition Recruitment Services Ltd has announced yet another massive leap in sales, riding on the huge growth in agency usage reported by the NHS...

Nestor beating forecasts

Nestor Healthcare Group continues to be buoyed by increased demand for its primary care and social care services. The company, which announced profits of £7.2...

Complaints increase endorses success of Code says IHAS

An increase in complaints contacts and complaints going to adjudication is emblematic of a system that is working more effectively – and not a...

Price pressure on mental health providers

NHS plans to make savings of £20bn a year are already having an impact on spending in the independent mental health sector. A number of...

More struggling to access NHS dentistry

Contrary to official figures, the proportion of patients struggling to find an NHS dentist is still increasing under the new dental contract, according to...

Spire Healthcare acquires London Fertility Centre

Spire Healthcare is poised to become a major national provider of fertility services in the UK after announcing the acquisition of Harley Street’s London...

Health and medical firms confident in the future

Further evidence that the health and medical sector remains steadfast in the face of the downturn emerged last month as new research from Santander...

Monitor announces chief executive

Steve Bundred has been appointed chair of Monitor, the independent regulator of NHS foundation trusts (Monitor) for a four-year term.Mr Bundred, who has been...

Single handed GPs earn more

GPs working in ‘single-handed’ practices outperform their multi-GP practice colleagues in the salary stakes, earning an average £20,815 more a year than those in...

DH ‘neuters’ Burnham’s ‘NHS as preferred provider’ policy

The government has backed down on its proposals to introduce an ‘NHS first’ stance on commissioning, following claims that the Health Secretary’s controversial ‘NHS...