Vanguard on the ascendant with impressive results

Following its £31m management buy out from Nuffield Health (HMN April 2008), sales and profits have soared at Vanguard Healthcare Solutions Limited according to...

Mental Health Issues Take Centre Stage

Robert Potter reports on the main talking points at this year’s Indepedent Healthcare Convention. The extent of parity in NHS commissioning of services, care pathway...

Could Care UK interest spark an investment revival?

A jump in share value at Care UK last month led the provider to reveal that private equity investor Bridgepoint Capital had approached with...

Milburn condemns NHS preferred provider plans

Former health secretary Alan Milburn strongly criticised government plans to make the NHS preferred provider in commissioning all public healthcare services during a fringe...

First eye centre for Spire

Spire Healthcare opened its first dedicated eye centre last month at its Little Aston Hospital in Birmingham. The second largest hospital operator in the UK...

NI trusts move away from independent operators

A NHS trust in Northern Ireland has suspended procedures carried out by independent sector providers while another health authority in the province is looking...

IVF clinics’ chances of success published on regulator website

Government regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HEFA) has launched an online service providing patients with detailed information about the UK’s 114 licensed...

Spire snaps up leading physio

Squire Healthcare has appointed one of the first physiotherapists to reach consultant level as its new physiotherapy manager at The Glen Hospital in Bristol.With...

More e-trading needed say brokers

A quick survey to gauge opinion in the medical insurance sector has uncovered the view among the majority of brokers that online trading is...

Watchdog finds improvement in NHS finances

Government spending watchdog the Audit Commission has found that, while the financial performance of NHS trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) is good and...