Turbulent year for demerged Pinnacle

Revenues at former Nestor Healthcare owned staffing business Pinnacle Staffing Group fell by 12% to £38.1m in 2008 after what the board described as...

Cygnet hit by drop in interest rates

The fall in interest rates has contributed to post-tax losses being reported by Cygnet 2008 Ltd, the specialist private psychiatric hospital operator mainly owned...

Primary care profits fall but outlook remains positive says Nestor

The homecare and out-of-hours GP services provider Nestor Healthcare has reported a 12% fall in sales for the six months ended 5 July 2009,...

New Victoria posts first full year results

The New Victoria Hospital Limited has reported its first full year results since it was acquired in a management buyout in 2007.Detailed like-for like...

Three Shires reports rise in profits

Three Shires hospital has posted a 25.5% rise in operating profit despite sales dipping 3.8% to £12.6m. The 53-bed hospital, owned jointly by St...

New board structure at Nuffield

KP Doyle has been appointed chief financial officer at Nuffield Health following the departure of Jack Jones, who retired as group finance director in...

Tribal managing director

Tribal has appointed Stephen Vinall as the managing director of its health consulting practice. He is expected to join in the autumn and will...

Legal threat to North London ‘Darzi’ scheme

Londonwide LMC have joined pressure group keepournhspublic in condemning Camden primary care trust’s (PCT) decision to award a GP-led healthcare centre contract to independent...

Co-ownership the path to improved performance?

With the NHS on the cusp of a fiscal squeeze, the need for more creative means towards achieving productivity gains on tighter budgets has...

Mercer appointment

Monica Santiago has been appointed head of Mercer’s health & benefits business in the UK. She was previously chief operating officer for Mercer’s health...