Growth at Healthcare Homes

Recently acquired by private equity house Bowmark Capital (CCMN May 2008), the East Anglian Healthcare Homes has published pre-buy out financials which reveal a...

Girls with autism could be slipping through system

Girls with mild autism are less likely to be identified and diagnosed than boys according to research published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists...

Barclays strengthens healthcare team

Barclays commercial bank has announced the appointment of Paul Barraclough and Ian Murchie as relationship directors in its London Healthcare team. Mr Barraclough has...

Hants appoints head

Hampshire county council has appointed Gill Duncan as its new director for adult services.Ms Duncan joined the council in 2004 and was previously assistant...

Healthcare Commission forces improvements at Milton park

An independent mental health hospital in Bedfordshire has made improvements to protect the safety of patients after Healthcare Commission inspectors identified a series of...

BUPA results show PMI holding up in spite of downturn

Fresh evidence that PMI is holding up in spite of the credit crunch emerged last month after BUPA reported strong underlying growth across its...

Healthcare at Home results

Healthcare at Home Limited, the company that provides healthcare services and medical supplies, reported substantial growth in the year to 31 October 2007.In the...

Casualty Plus reaches voluntary agreement with creditors

Primary care provider Casualty Plus has entered into a corporate voluntary arrangement with its creditors after shareholders refused to continue funding historic debt at...

PMI close to pensions as most desirable workplace benefit

Private medical insurance is heading closer to pensions as the most desirable employee benefit, according to a nationwide survey by BUPA.The popularity of pensions...

Lib Dems would turn mental health wards around.

Speaking at the Liberal Democrat party conference last month, health spokesperson Norman Lamb said that there is currently a ‘conspiracy of silence’ over poor...