Spire makes changes at the top

Clare Hollingsworth has resigned as chief executive of Spire Healthcare less than a year after the company was formed via the Cinven-backed acquisition of...

Ex-BUPA hospitals portfolio back together after Spire buys Classic

Spire Healthcare has emerged as the second largest independent hospital provider in the UK after acquiring its former bedfellow Classic Hospitals from Legal &...

New ownership at Wessex Fertility

Consultant obstetricians and gynaecologists Dr Chantal Simonis and Dr Sue Ingamells have taken ownership of Southampton based Wessex Fertility from founder Gordon Masson following...

FESC

Stephen O’Brien asked (18 February 2008: Column 310W) which primary care trusts (PCTs) are purchasing and considering purchasing commissioning support from the 14 organisations...

Mental health in-reach teams

David Burrowes asked (24 January 2008: Column 2234W) what steps have been taken to increase provision of mental health in-reach teams in prison for...

BMA polls members on extended opening hours

The British Medical Association’s GP Committee (BMA GPC) is polling its members on whether to accept changes to their contract which would require them...

Final financials for New Victoria charity

Following its sale of the south London-based New Victoria Hospital in a buy-out led by its former senior managers (HMN February 2007), The New...

CBI pins its colours to the mast over ISTCs

The CBI has sparked fresh controversy surrounding the role of independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) just as anticipation intensifies over this month’s decision on...

NICE to issue guidance on autism care

A number of specialist care projects including autism and needle exchange schemes for substance misusers are set to be investigated by the National Institute...

What future for Computer CBT?

An Australian study comparing the effects of internet delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with a website offering straight information on depression has found that...