PatientChoice launches new corporate policy

PatientChoice has launched a new product for corporate customers with 100 or more employees.‘Priority’ is based on the company’s existing Hospital Treatment Plan with...

Britons undervalue cost of medical treatment

The UK population seriously underestimates the cost of medical treatment. According to Legal & General’s Health Uncovered Index, which monitors public attitudes towards health...

DH gives green light for six PFI hospitals

The Department of Health (DH) has given the go-ahead for six new PFI hospitals worth a total of almost £1.5bn.Earlier this year, the DH...

Financial close for Glasgow hospital project

Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd (BBCL) and specialist developer Canmore Partnership Ltd have secured financial close on the new Victoria & Stobhill Hospitals project in...

Standstill at Priory’s acute care operation?

Priory Healthcare Limited, the acute division of Priory Group, has released its accounts for the year ended 31 December 2005 which seem to suggest...

Higher operating costs squeeze margins at PiC

Partnerships in Care (PiC) Limited, the leading provider of medium secure treatment, has reported a 5% increase in revenue for the year ended 31...

HCA acquisition to set new record for private equity deals

A consortium of investors is poised to acquire HCA in what is believed to be largest ever private equity transaction. Bain Capital, Merrill Lynch,...

Capio board rejects £1.13bn offer

The board of Capio has rejected an unsolicited offer from private equity firm Opica AB. Opica AB, which is jointly owned by funds advised...

Acquisition gives Capio a foothold in German healthcare market

Capio has strengthened its position as a pan European healthcare provider with the acquisition of German healthcare group Deutsche Klinik GmbH for an enterprise...

Apax Partners prepares to sell home healthcare business

Healthcare at Home, the provider of community-based specialist nursing care, is reported to have been put up for sale by its private equity owners...