BUPA Insurance adopts controversial clinical guidelines

BUPA Health Insurance has become the first UK company to be licensed to use controversial clinical guidelines, covering lengths of stay and types of...

Corporate healthcare trust fund provider launches overseas package

A corporate healthcare trust fund provider is aiming to reduce the cost of private medical cover by giving companies the option of treatment overseas...

Pru Health growing but yet to make an impact on PMI market

PruHealth has said it is on course to become one of the UK’s major PMI providers after outperforming growth rates at its South African...

BUPA releases claim statistics for CI policies

BUPA Individual Protection has released details of paid claims in a bid to raise awareness of the benefits of critical illness cover.The statistics reveal...

HCA buy-out – shareholders gather

As HMN goes to press, HCA’s shareholders will be meeting to decide on the outcome of the world’s largest leveraged buy-out, but this is...

Steady sales increase at Capio

Unaudited third quarter numbers from Capio – the Swedish owner and operator of hospitals and clinics across a number of European countries – show...

HCL acquires BG Holdings

Healthcare Locums (HCL) has acquired Blue Group International Holdings Limited (BG Holdings) for up to £14m.This is HCL’s fourth acquisition since it was admitted...

GenMed to float on Plus-Quoted

General Medical Clinics (GenMed), the owner and operator of City-based private GP practices, is planning to raise £1.5m by floating on Plus-Quoted (formerly OFEX).The...

Vanguard moves into profit

Vanguard Healthcare Solutions Limited, the mobile healthcare operating unit company, has reported a post tax profit for its first year as part of Nuffield...

Dwindling revenues but Tetbury escapes closure

‘Open, operational and optimistic’ is how Tetbury Hospital has summed up the year in its annual accounts for 2005/06. Despite losing a significant proportion...