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As Circle prepares to open its first hospital in Bath, the jury is still out on whether the company’s model can really deliver the...
Aviva UK Health Insurance appoints new MD
Phil Willcock has been appointed managing director of Aviva UK Health Insurance (formerly Norwich Union), succeeding Gil Baldwin.Mr Willcock, who was previously Norwich Union’s...
Increase in fertility service revenues boosts profits at Bourn Hall
Cambridge-based fertility clinic and research company Bourn Hall has reported a surge in pre-tax profits on the back of increased revenues and a fall...
Circle secures £20m investment from Blackrock
Private equity firm BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited has invested £20m in Health Investment Holdings Limited (HIHL), which owns hospital provider Circle.This is the...
Professor Chris Ham to head up King’s Fund
Chris Ham, professor of health policy and management at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, has been announced as chief executive of...
Mental health sector grows but slowdown expected in credit crisis aftermath
Revenues of independent sector mental health hospitals in the UK rose to a record £1bn in 2008 according to Mental Health and Specialist Care...
Cigna launches online dental assessments
CIGNA has launched an online dental health assessment for its members.Members can complete two assessments – one measuring the risk of dental cavities and...
Richard Jones leaves Spire in mini purge
Richard Jones has parted company with Spire Healthcare as part of what appears to be a mini purge of senior directors.
The company’s former commercial...
CIGNA criticised for self-referral plans
Corporate health and wellbeing provider Blossoms Healthcare has criticised plans by one of the main PMI providers to offer members self-referral for physiotherapy.Under plans...
Ashley House acquires Sapphire Primary Care Developments
Specialist primary care construction and management company Ashley House has acquired Sapphire Primary Care Developments (SPDC) from Lloydspharmacy for £6.8m.
In addition, AH Medical Properties...
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